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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paulo S. Motta, San Jose, CA (US);

Roberto M. Ribeiro, San Jose, CA (US);

Richard Yeh, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/12 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/12 (2013.01); B81B 7/0061 (2013.01); B81B 7/0087 (2013.01); G01N 27/123 (2013.01); G01N 27/128 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0214 (2013.01);
Abstract

A miniature gas sensing device includes a silicon-based substrate including an opening. A first membrane is formed over the silicon-based substrate and a first portion of the first membrane covers the opening. A gas sensing layer is formed over a number of electrodes disposed over a first surface of the first portion of the first membrane and one or more heating elements. A permeable enclosure encapsulating the gas sensing layer can maintain thermal energy density over the gas sensing layer at a level sufficient to destroy a target gas to allow measuring a zero baseline.


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