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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:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, IN;

Inventors:

Ravinder Kumar Kotnala, New Delhi, IN;

Jyoti Shah, New Delhi, IN;

Hari Kishan, New Delhi, IN;

Bhikham Singh, New Delhi, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01); B23K 20/00 (2006.01); C04B 38/00 (2006.01); C04B 35/26 (2006.01); C04B 35/626 (2006.01); C04B 111/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/121 (2013.01); B23K 20/004 (2013.01); C04B 35/26 (2013.01); C04B 35/6261 (2013.01); C04B 35/62675 (2013.01); C04B 35/62695 (2013.01); C04B 38/009 (2013.01); C04B 38/0038 (2013.01); C04B 38/0051 (2013.01); C04B 2111/90 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3206 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5445 (2013.01); C04B 2235/5454 (2013.01); C04B 2235/6562 (2013.01); C04B 2235/6567 (2013.01); C04B 2235/94 (2013.01); C04B 2235/96 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a humidity sensor based on resistive type porous Magnesium Ferrite (MgFeO) pellets and a humidity sensor thereof. More particularly, the present invention includes a synthesis process of preparing 30 to 40% porous MgFeOpellets. The process further includes making Ohmic contacts on the porous MgFeOpellets. The process is very cost effective and optimized to keep the resistance of the porous MgFeOpellets in the range 200-300 MΩ. Further, the response and recovery time of the porous MgFeOpellets to humidity is in the range of few seconds only. Further, the porous MgFeOpellets can be used for humidity sensing for more than 12 months. Due to resistance stability even after long-term exposure in humidity, the porous MgFeOpellets do not require flash heating. Further, the humidity sensor prepared according to the process is highly sensitive towards relative humidity changes as the same is based on the measurement of resistance changes as compared to known humidity sensors which are based on the measurement of capacitance changes.


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