Zili Zhang

Design and Fabrication of Low-Power Planar Type Gas Sensor

In this paper we describe the fabrication steps and the implementation of a planar type gas sensing applications with suspended structure, which presents very low power consumption. Simulations with the finite element model tool show homogeneous temperature distribution across the sensitive film. The device attached with a spin-coated thin layer of SnO2 showed a reasonable sensing performance to hydrogen.

Design and Fabrication of Planar-Type Micro-Hotplate with Si-Island Gas Sensor

A gas sensor with planar-type micro-hotplate (MHP) with Si-island was designed and fabricated in this paper. The sensor was fabricated simply by using only three masks for the lithography process. The temperature distribution across the sensitive film was simulated and analyzed using ANSYS. A uniform temperature distribution was obtained after added Si-island. The SnO2 sensitive film was deposited through sol-gel spin-coating method and showed reasonable gas-sensing properties to hydrogen at 300°C.