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Measurement of gas moisture in the PPM range using porous silicon and porous alumina sensors

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Title Measurement of gas moisture in the PPM range using porous silicon and porous alumina sensors
 
Creator Islam, Tarikul
Mistry, Kalyan Kumar
Sengupta, Kamalendu
Saha, H
 
Subject Electronics
 
Description This paper reports the performance of a porous silicon (PS) sensor for detecting ppm level moisture and compares its relative performance with that of porous alumina (PA) sensors. The porous alumina sensor is fabricated by the sol-gel technique. It is found experimentally that in measuring ppm level moisture the sensitivity of the PA sensor appears to be greater than that of the PS sensor while the response time of the PS sensor is much shorter than that of the PA sensor. A simple but precise technique for the electronic measurement of sensor capacitance, which minimizes the parasitic earth capacitances, has been developed to study the response of both PS and PA gas moisture sensors. The detection electronics can be utilized for an integrated sensor unit. However, initial characterizations of both PS/PA sensors are carried out using a standard LCR meter (HP-4284A) to establish the electronic circuit.
 
Publisher MYU K K
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://cgcri.csircentral.net/500/1/kalyan.pdf
Islam, Tarikul and Mistry, Kalyan Kumar and Sengupta, Kamalendu and Saha, H (2004) Measurement of gas moisture in the PPM range using porous silicon and porous alumina sensors. Sensors and Materials, 16 (7). pp. 345-356. ISSN 0914-4935
 
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