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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1995
Yasumichi Hotta, Mie-gun, JP;
Hiromi Sano, Nagoya, JP;
Toshitaka Saito, Toyohashi, JP;
Masatoshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Naoto Miwa, Tsushima, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, an oxygen sensor element includes a solid electrolyte having a side surface at one side thereof, the side surface being contactable with a gas to be measured, a skeletal electrode provided on the side surface and having a plurality of pore portions, each of the pore portions passing through the skeletal electrode up to the solid electrolyte, and a reactive electrode made of a porous film and provided in each of the pore portions, a thickness of the porous film being smaller than that of said skeletal electrode. An area percentage (SH/SZ) which is a ratio of a total area (SH) of the reactive electrode to a total area (SZ) of the skeletal electrode and the reactive electrode is in a range from 10 to 50%, an average area (SA) of the pore portions is 100 .mu.m.sup.2 or less, a film thickness of the skeletal electrode is in a range from 1.5 to 4 .mu.m, and the film thickness of the reactive electrode is in a range from 0.6 to 1.5 .mu.m. The oxygen sensor element is superior in the heat resistance characteristics and the response characteristics.