Hahn-schickard-gesellschaft Fur Angewandte Forschung E.v.

Lenny Castellanos

Achim Bittner

Alfons Dehé

Frank Hedrich

Sophie Billat

In a first aspect, the invention relates to a photoacoustic gas sensor comprising a gas-fillable detection chamber and a reference chamber arranged laterally adjacent to each other and connected by a sensor channel. A sensor located at or in the sensor channel allows measurement of the photoacoustic signals. Both chambers are preferably located in a plane perpendicular to the emitted IR radiation of the IR emitter which is also comprised. The gas sensor is also formed from a multilayer substrate. In further aspects, the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a gas sensor and a method of analyzing gas with a gas sensor.

MEMS-based photoacoustic cell

The invention relates to a MEMS transducer comprising a vibratable membrane for generating or receiving pressure waves in a fluid in a vertical direction, wherein the vibratable membrane is supported by a carrier and the vibratable membrane exhibits two or more vertical sections which are formed parallel to the vertical direction and comprise at least one layer of actuator material. The end of the vibratable membrane is preferably connected to an electrode, such that the two or more vertical sections can be induced to vibrate horizontally by driving the at least one electrode, or such that an electrical signal can be generated at the at least one electrode when the two or more vertical sections are induced to vibrate horizontally.

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Lenny Castellanos