Low-Power Micro-Scale CMOS-Compatible Silicon Sensor on a Suspended Membrane

A.Y. Kovalgin, J. Holleman, G. Iordache, T. Jenneboer, F. Falke, V. Zieren, M. Goossens

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    Abstract

    In this paper we describe a new, simple and cheap silicon device operating at high temperature at a very low power of a few mW. The essential part of the device is a nano-size conductive link 10-100 nm in size (the so-called antifuse) formed in between two poly-silicon electrodes separated by a thin SiO2 layer. The device can be utilized in chemical sensors or chemical micro-reactors requiring high temperature and very low power consumption e.g. in portable, battery operated systems. As a direct application, we mention a gas sensor (i.e. Pellistor) for hydrocarbons (butane, methane, propane, etc.) based on temperature changes due to the catalytic combustion of hydrocarbons. The power consumed by our device is at about 2% of the power consumed by conventional Pellistors.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMicrofabricated Systems and MEMS VII : proceedings of the international symposium
    EditorsJ.L. Davidson, P.J. Hesketh, D. Mistra, S. Shoji
    Place of PublicationPennington, NJ
    PublisherElectrochemical Society
    Pages173-183
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Print)1-56677-422-5
    Publication statusPublished - 2004
    EventMicrofabricated Systems and MEMS-VII Symposium at the 206th ECS Meeting 2004 - Honolulu, United States
    Duration: 3 Oct 20048 Oct 2004
    Conference number: 7

    Conference

    ConferenceMicrofabricated Systems and MEMS-VII Symposium at the 206th ECS Meeting 2004
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityHonolulu
    Period3/10/048/10/04

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