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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Toshiyuki Usagawa, Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Usagawa, Saitama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The gas sensor has a substrate, a gate insulating film arranged on the substrate, and a gate electrode arranged on the gate insulating film, wherein the gate electrode comprises a metal oxide mixture film produced by mixing an oxygen-doped amorphous metal that contains oxygen with crystals of an oxide of the metal and a platinum film formed on the metal oxide mixture film, the platinum film is composed of multiple platinum crystal grains and grain boundary regions that are present between the platinum crystal grains, the grain boundary regions are filled with a metal oxide mixture, and each of the platinum crystal grains is surrounded by the metal oxide mixture.