# US 2024/0201114 A1 · Sensor and sensor system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201114 A1 - Document ID: US20240201114A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/353,297 - Filed: 2023-07-17 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-14 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Yosuke AKIMOTO; Hiroaki YAMAZAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201114A1 ## CPC - G01N 25/18: by investigating thermal conductivity (by calorimetry G01N25/20; by measuring change of resistance of an electrically-heated body G01N27/18) - G01N 33/0032: {using two or more different physical functioning modes} - G01N 33/0062: {concerning the measuring method or the display, e.g. intermittent measurement or digital display} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a base including a first region and a second region; and a first sensor section. The first sensor section includes a first support portion fixed to the first region, a first structure, and a first film portion. The first structure is supported by the first support portion. The first structure includes a first resistance member. A first direction from the second region to the first structure crosses a second direction from the first region to the second region. The first film portion is fixed to the first region. A first gap is provided between the second region and the first film portion. A second gap is provided between the first film portion and the first structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensor, comprising: a base including a first region and a second region; and a first sensor section, the first sensor section including a first support portion fixed to the first region, a first structure supported by the first support portion, the first structure including a first resistance member, a first direction from the second region to the first structure crossing a second direction from the first region to the second region, and a first film portion fixed to the first region, a first gap being provided between the second region and the first film portion, a second gap being provided between the first film portion and the first structure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sensor according to claim 1, wherein a first pressure in a first space between the second region and the first film portion is lower than a second pressure in a second space between the first film portion and the first structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sensor according to claim 2, wherein a first film portion distance between the second region and the first film portion is variable according to a pressure in the second space. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The sensor according to claim 3, wherein a first structure distance between the second region and the first structure does not change, or a change in the first structure distance is smaller than a change in the first film portion distance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The sensor according to claim 3, wherein a pressure in the second space in a first state is higher than a pressure in the second space in a second state, the first film portion distance in the first state is shorter than the first film portion distance in the second state, and a distance between the first film portion and the first structure in the first state is longer than a distance between the first film portion and the first structure in the second state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The sensor according to claim 2, wherein the first space is sealed by the second region and the first film portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The sensor according to claim 6, wherein the first sensor portion further includes a first intermediate film, the first intermediate film is provided between the second region and the first film portion, and is fixed to the first film portion, the first intermediate film includes a first hole piercing the first intermediate film in the first direction, and the first gap is provided between the second region and the first intermediate film. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The sensor according to claim 3, further comprising: a controller, the first structure further including a first conductive member, the controller being configured to increase a temperature of the first structure by supplying power to the first conductive member, and the controller being configured to detect a change in a first electrical resistance of the first resistance member according to a change in the temperature of the first structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The sensor according to claim 8, wherein the first electrical resistance changes according to a detection target gas around the first structure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sensor according to claim 9, wherein a pressure in the second space in a first state is higher than a pressure in the second space in a second state, the first film portion distance in the first state is shorter than the first film portion distance in the second state, a distance between the first film portion and the first structure in the first state is longer than the distance between the first film portion and the first structure in the second state, and conduction of heat of the first structure to the first film portion decreases as the distance between the first film portion and the first structure increases. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The sensor according to claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to detect a change in electrical capacitance between the base and the first film portion, and the controller is configured to correct a detection result of a change in the first electrical resistance based on the detection result of a change in the electrical capacitance. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The sensor according to claim 11, wherein the first film portion is conductive, and at least a part of the second region is conductive. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The sensor according to claim 11, wherein the first film portion includes polysilicon, and the base includes silicon. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The sensor according to claim 13, wherein the first structure includes a first insulating member, at least a part of the first insulating member is provided around the first resistance member, and the first insulating member includes silicon and nitrogen. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The sensor according to claim 1, wherein the first sensor section further includes a first connect portion, a part of the first connect portion is connected to the first support portion, another part of the first connect part is connected to the first structure, a width of the first connect portion in a third direction is narrower than a width of the first structure in the third direction, and the third direction crosses a plane including the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The sensor according to claim 1, wherein the first support portion includes a first support part and a second support part, the first support part is fixed to the first region, the second support part is continuous with the first support part, the first sensor section further includes a first fixing member, the first fixing member is provided between a part of the first film portion and the second support portion, and is fixed to the first film portion, and a third gap is provided between the first fixing member and the second support portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The sensor according to claim 8, further comprising: a second sensor section, the second sensor section includes a second support portion fixed to the third region, and a second structure including a second resistance member, the second structure being supported by the second support portion, a direction from the fourth region to the second structure being along the first direction, and a fourth gap being provided between the fourth region and the second structure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The sensor according to claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to correct a detection result of the change in the first electrical resistance based on a detection result of a second electrical resistance of the second resistance member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A sensor system, comprising: the sensor according to claim 1; and another sensor, the other sensor including at least one of a capacitive gas sensor, a capacitive humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a gas flow sensor, or a contact combustion type sensor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The sensor system according to claim 19, further comprising: a circuit section, the circuit section including at least one of a CDC (Capacitance-to-Digital Converter), an ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter), or a heater current supply circuit, the CDC is configured to process a detection result of at least one of the sensor, the capacitive gas sensor, and the capacitive humidity sensor, and the ADC is configured to process a detection result of at least one of the sensor, the temperature sensor, the gas flow sensor, or the contact combustion type sensor.