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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Scott Edward Beck, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Yong-Fa Wang, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Robert Higashi, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Philip Clayton Foster, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Keith Francis Edwin Pratt, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Cristian Vasile Diaconu, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/407 (2006.01); G01N 27/404 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/4071 (2013.01); B81B 7/0061 (2013.01); B81C 1/00269 (2013.01); G01N 27/4045 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0214 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0315 (2013.01); B81B 2203/04 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0132 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0133 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0176 (2013.01); B81C 2203/0118 (2013.01); B81C 2203/032 (2013.01); G01N 27/404 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) based gas sensor including an electrolyte contacting one or more top electrode(s) arranged on the bottom surface of a top semiconductor substrate (TSS), and one or more bottom electrode(s) arranged on the top of a bottom semiconductor substrate (BSS), the TSS and BSS joined with an adhesive seal around the electrolyte, the sensor including one or more capillaries providing gaseous communication to the electrolyte from an external ambient environment. The electrodes may be electrically accessed by one or more vias to externally accessible bond pads. In some examples, an electrical connection may be made from an additional bond pad on top of the TSS to the electrolyte. Various embodiments may reduce the size of various gas sensors to advantageously allow their inclusion into portable electronic devices.


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