학술논문

Highly Responsive Metal Oxide (V2O5)-Based NEMS Pirani Gauge for In-Situ Hermeticity Monitoring
Document Type
Periodical
Source
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems J. Microelectromech. Syst. Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of. 30(3):340-342 Jun, 2021
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Sensors
Resistance
Temperature sensors
Nanoelectromechanical systems
Thermal conductivity
Conductivity
Solids
NanoElectromechanical Systems (NEMS)
Pirani gauge
Vanadium Pentoxide (V₂O₅)
Hermeticity
Vacuum packaging
Language
ISSN
1057-7157
1941-0158
Abstract
The letter reports highly sensitive metal oxide (V 2 O 5 ) based NanoElectromechanical Systems (NEMS) Pirani gauge for pressure monitoring of a packaged device. The absence of additional supplementary material in the sensing element increases the sensing area and enables the in-situ monitoring capability. Considering the feasibility of the idea, the design is simulated and verified with the experimental results of the fabricated device. The device shows a sensitivity of 5.76 % per decade-Pa in the working range from 4 Pa to $2.7\times 10^{3}$ Pa. The maximum average temperature of the sensing element is 48 °C at 4 Pa. It ensures corrosion-free operation and increases the lifetime of the device. The computed thermal response time of the device is ~500 ms at a power consumption of $285\mu \text{W}$ . [2020-0335]