Proceedings (Aug 2017)

MEMS Sensors Based on Very Thin LTCC

  • Alexey A. Vasiliev,
  • Anton V. Nisan,
  • Gleb N. Potapov,
  • Nikolay N. Samotaev,
  • Konstantin Yu. Oblov,
  • Anastasia V. Ivanova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings1040324
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
p. 324

Abstract

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The application of thin LTCC is a very interesting and promising approach to the fabrication of ceramic MEMS gas sensors. The attempts to use this material were restricted till now by the thickness of commercial material (>50 μm). In this work, we found a possibility to fabricate thin LTCC membranes (20–30 μm) stretched on a frame made of 100 μm thick LTCC. Aerosol jet printed Pt microheater and laser cutting of the membrane gave a cantilever shaped microhotplate with hot spot of about 300 × 300 μm. Power consumption of the heater is ~150 mW at 450 °C.

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