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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jin Cai, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Tak H. Ning, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jeng-Bang Yau, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sufi Zafar, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated sensor for detecting the presence of an environmental material and/or condition includes a sensing structure and first and second bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). The first BJT has a base that is electrically coupled with the sensing structure and is configured to generate an output signal indicative of a change in stored charge in the sensing structure. The second BJT is configured to amplify the output signal of the first bipolar junction transistor. The first and second BJTs and the sensing structure are monolithically formed a common substrate.