• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.278-285
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• 2006

A micro hotplate for micro gas sensor was fabricated by MEMS technology. In order to heat up the gas sensing material to a target temperature, a micro hotplate was built on the gas sensor. The sensing material was deposited on the heater and electrodes, and did not contact with the silicon base to minimize the heat loss to the silicon base. The electric power to heat up the gas sensor was measured. The temperature distribution of micro gas sensor was analyzed by a CFD program. The predicted electric power to heat up th sensing material showed a good agreement with the measured data. The design of micro gas sensor could be modified to increase the temperature uniformity and to decrease the electric power consumption by optimizing the layout of micro hotplate and electrodes.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.132-136
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• 2004

대기중의 NO₂ 가스 농도를 측정하기 위한 마이크로 가스센서를 MEMS 공정을 이용하여 제작하였다. WO₃와 같은 가스 감응물질을 목표 온도까지 가열하기 위해서 마이크로 핫플레이트를 가스센서에 장착하였다. 마이크로 가스센서의 열전달 현상을 상용 열유동 해석 전용 프로그램인 FLUENT를 이용하여 해석하였다. 해석 결과 실리콘 웨이퍼 기판의 온도가 거의 상온에 가까워 핫플레이트에서 발생한 열이 가스 감응물질을 효과적으로 가열하여서 가스감응물질의 열적 고립상태를 유지하고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 마이크로 핫플레이트의 형상을 변경함으로써 가스 감지물질의 온도 균일도를 높일 수 있다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2016

Micro Hotplate (MHP) is the key component in micro-sensors, particularly gas sensors. Indeed, in metal oxide gas sensors MOX, micro-heater is used as a hotplate in order to control the temperature of the sensing layer which should be in the requisite temperature range over the heater area, so as to detect the resistive changes as a function of varying concentration of different gases. Hence, their design is a very important aspect. In this paper, we have presented the design and simulation results of a meander micro heater based on three different materials - platinum, titanium and tungsten. The dielectric membrane size is 1.4 mm × 1.6 mm with a thickness of 1.4 μm. Above the membrane, a meander heating film was deposed with a thickness of 100 nm. In order to optimize the geometry, a comparative study by simulating two different heater thicknesses, then two inter track widths has also been presented. Power consumption and temperature distribution were determined in the micro heater´s structure over a supply voltage of 5, 6, and 7 V.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.516-525
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• 2008

This paper proposes a compact, energy-efficient, and smart gas sensor platform technology for ubiquitous sensor network (USN) applications. The compact design of the platform is realized by employing silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The sensing element is fully integrated with SOI CMOS circuits for signal processing and communication. Also, the micro-hotplate operates at high temperatures with extremely low power consumption, which is important for USN applications. ZnO nanowires are synthesized onto the micro-hotplate by a simple hydrothermal process and are patterned by a lift-off to form the gas sensor. The sensor was operated at $200^{\circ}C$ and showed a good response to 100 ppb $NO_2$ gas.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.380-381
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• 2012

Bioinspired sea urchin-like structures were fabricated on silicon by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching using lens-like shape hexagonally patterned photoresist (PR) patterns and subsequent metal-assisted chemical etching (MaCE) [1]. The lens-like shape PR patterns with a diameter of 2 ${\mu}m$ were formed by conventional lithography method followed by thermal reflow process of PR patterns on a hotplate at $170^{\circ}C$ for 40 s. ICP etching process was carried out in an SF6 plasma ambient using an optimum etching conditions such as radio-frequency power of 50 W, ICP power of 25 W, SF6 flow rate of 30 sccm, process pressure of 10 mTorr, and etching time of 150 s in order to produce micron structure with tapered etch profile. 15 nm thick Ag film was evaporated on the samples using e-beam evaporator with a deposition rate of 0.05 nm/s. To form Ag nanoparticles (NPs), the samples were thermally treated (thermally dewetted) in a rapid thermal annealing system at $500^{\circ}C$ for 1 min in a nitrogen environment. The Ag thickness and thermal dewetting conditions were carefully chosen to obtain isolated Ag NPs. To fabricate needle-like nanostructures on both the micron structure (i.e., sea urchin-like structures) and flat surface of silicon, MaCE process, which is based on the strong catalytic activity of metal, was performed in a chemical etchant (HNO3: HF: H2O = 4: 1: 20) using Ag NPs at room temperature for 1 min. Finally, the residual Ag NPs were removed by immersion in a HNO3 solution. The fabricated structures after each process steps are shown in figure 1. It is well-known that the hierarchical micro- and nanostructures have efficient light harvesting properties [2-3]. Therefore, this fabrication technique for production of sea urchin-like structures is applicable to improve the performance of light harvesting devices.

• 센서학회지
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.69-77
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• 1996

Pt/Cr 이중층과 E-beam으로 증착된 산화막으로 구성된 발열체의 발열특성과 열처리 온도에 따른 Pt/Cr 이중층의 전기적, 구조적 특성을 살펴보았다. E-beam으로 증착된 산화막을 갖는 발열체의 표면 방사율(${\varepsilon}$)은 0.5임을 열전대와 I.R. Thermo-Vision System을 통하여 확인할 수 있었다. 한편 열처리전 Pt/Cr의 면저항은 Cr의 두께와는 무관한데, 이는 백금과 크롬의 계면에 형성된 산화크롬에 의한 것으로 사료되며, 열처리 온도가 증가함에 따라 Cr의 외부확산이 증대되고, Pt(220)면의 결정립이 성장함을 AES 분석결과와 SEM 촬영, XRD 분석을 통하여 알 수 있었다. 열처리 온도에 따른 특성 분석결과, $500^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 Pt/Cr 이중층이 안정된 결정구조를 갖음을 XRD, AES 분석결과로 확인할 수 있었다.