Gas sensor, manufacturing method, and detection method
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsHelmut Grutzeck, Renate Mueller, Stefan Zehringer
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Abstract
A gas sensor for detecting a physical and/or chemical value of an analysis gas, a corresponding manufacturing method, and operating method. The gas sensor is based on the principle of a thermal conductivity measurement with the aid of a sensor structure including a double meander structure made up of two resistor lines, as part of a Wheatstone bridge circuit, on a diaphragm of a substrate. The two resistor lines are energized in opposite directions as a function of the detected temperature. The physical and/or chemical value(s) of the analysis gas are/is subsequently determined as a function of the voltages detected at the double meander structure.
Claims15
A gas sensor for determining a physical and/or chemical value of an analysis gas using a thermal conductivity measurement, the gas sensor comprising:
- at least one first diaphragm including a first double meander structure made up of two resistor lines;
- and
- an evaluation unit;
- wherein the resistor lines are energized in opposite directions for the thermal conductivity measurement, and the evaluation unit is configured to determine at least one physical and/or chemical value that represents a property of the analysis gas, as a function of detected voltages at the double meander structure as part of a Wheatstone bridge circuit.
A method for manufacturing a gas sensor for determining a physical and/or chemical value of an analysis gas using a thermal conductivity measurement, the method comprising:
- creating at least one first diaphragm on a substrate using micromechanical methods;
- and
- creating a double meander structure made up of two resistor lines, as part of a Wheatstone bridge circuit, on the at least first diaphragm.
A method for determining a physical and/or chemical value of an analysis gas using a thermal conductivity measurement, for use in an evaluation unit of a gas sensor, comprising the following steps:
- for the thermal conductivity measurement, energizing two resistor lines of a first double meander structure on a first diaphragm in opposite directions;
- and
- determining at least one physical and/or chemical value that represents a property of the analysis gas, as a function of detected voltages at the double meander structure as part of a Wheatstone bridge circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.