阅读说明：本技术 气体传感器的结构 (Structure of gas sensor ) 是由 薛丁仁 萧育仁 林育德 李彦希 陈永祥 谢嘉民 于 2018-09-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明为气体传感器的结构,包含：气体侦测器芯片,该芯片的感测材料背部为一中空结构,感测材料下有一绝缘层,感测材料周围有一微型加热器,感测材料附着于感测电极上,感测材料为二金属氧化物半导体或一金属氧化物半导体和一反应层的粗糙表面的感测层的复合结构,其中该二金属氧化物之间具有一界面层,其能够增加本发明气体感测效率；经由本发明所提供的气体侦测器结构,可于硅基板上完成悬浮气体感测结构,并能将芯片尺寸做到最小化。(The present invention is a structure of a gas sensor, including: the gas detector chip, the sensing material back of the chip is a hollow structure, there is an insulating layer under the sensing material, there is a miniature heater around the sensing material, the sensing material is attached to sensing electrode, the sensing material is the composite structure of two metal oxide semiconductors or a metal oxide semiconductor and sensing layer of the rough surface of a reaction layer, wherein there is an interface layer between two metal oxides, it can increase the gas sensing efficiency of the invention; the gas detector structure provided by the invention can complete a suspended gas sensing structure on a silicon substrate and can minimize the chip size.)

1. A micro gas sensor is characterized in that the micro gas sensor comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer and a sensing layer, wherein the dielectric layer is arranged on the substrate and comprises a heating element, two electrodes and the sensing layer is arranged on the heating element and connected with the two electrodes, and the micro gas sensor is characterized in that:

the sensing layer is composed of a first metal oxide layer and a reaction layer, wherein the reaction layer is arranged on the first metal oxide layer, and the surface of the reaction layer is a rough surface.

2. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 1, wherein the heating element and the two electrodes are further disposed on the dielectric layer.

3. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 1, wherein the substrate is discontinuous such that the dielectric layer is elevated above the substrate, creating a heat dissipation area that is not in direct contact with the substrate.

4. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 1, wherein the reaction layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of lanthanum carbonate and nano-gold.

5. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 1, wherein the first metal oxide layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of tungsten oxide, zinc oxide, and tin oxide, the tungsten oxide material is tungsten trioxide, and the tin oxide material is tin dioxide.

6. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 1, wherein the heating element is made of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium, gold, platinum, silver and tantalum.

7. The micro gas sensor of claim 1, wherein the dielectric layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof.

8. A micro gas sensor is characterized in that the micro gas sensor comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer and a sensing layer, wherein the dielectric layer is arranged on the substrate and comprises a heating element, two electrodes and the sensing layer is arranged on the heating element and connected with the two electrodes, and the micro gas sensor is characterized in that: the sensing layer is composed of a first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer, wherein the first metal oxide layer is arranged on the second metal oxide layer, the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer are respectively made of one of combinations of zinc oxide, tungsten oxide and tin oxide, the tungsten oxide material can be tungsten trioxide, and the tin oxide material can be tin dioxide.

9. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 8, wherein the surface of the first metal oxide layer is a rough surface.

10. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 8, wherein a reaction layer is further disposed on the sensing layer.

11. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 8, wherein the heating element and the two electrodes are further disposed on the dielectric layer.

12. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 8, wherein the substrate is discontinuous such that the dielectric layer is elevated above the substrate, creating a heat dissipation area that is not in direct contact with the substrate.

13. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 8, wherein the heating element is made of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium, gold, platinum, silver and tantalum.

14. The micro gas sensor of claim 8, wherein the dielectric layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof.

15. The micro gas sensor of claim 8, wherein the surface of the first oxide metal layer further comprises a nano metal layer disposed on the surface of the first metal oxide layer.

16. The micro gas sensor of claim 8, wherein an interface layer is between the first oxide metal layer and the second metal oxide layer.

17. The micro gas sensor of claim 16, wherein the interface layer is formed by thermal diffusion and phase change reactions of tungsten oxide and tin oxide of the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer.

18. A micro gas sensor is characterized in that the micro gas sensor comprises a substrate, at least one dielectric layer and a sensing layer, wherein the dielectric layer is arranged on the substrate and comprises a heating element, two electrodes and the sensing layer is arranged on the heating element and connected with the two electrodes, and the micro gas sensor is characterized in that: the sensing layer is composed of at least one first metal oxide layer, and the stress of the dielectric layer is between 1MPa and 20 MPa.

19. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 18, wherein the sensing layer is made of tin oxide or tungsten oxide, the tungsten oxide is tungsten trioxide, and the tin oxide is tin dioxide.

20. The micro gas sensor of claim 18, wherein the dielectric layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof.

21. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 18, wherein the surface of the first metal oxide layer is a rough surface.

22. The micro gas sensor of claim 18, wherein the surface of the first oxide metal layer further comprises a nanometal layer disposed on the surface of the first metal oxide layer.

23. The micro gas sensor as recited in claim 22, wherein the nano metal layer is one of a group consisting of ti, au, pt, ag, pd and ta.

24. The miniature gas sensor of claim 18, wherein the dielectric layer has a thickness of between 2000 a and 25000 a.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a gas sensor and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a micro gas sensor and a method for manufacturing the same.

Background

With the development of social commercialization and industrialization, more and more indoor spaces are built and more vehicles are used, which provide people with rest, work and commute needs, however, when people are in these closed indoor spaces, the air will not circulate and the concentration of harmful gas will accumulate, which will affect the quality of life of people in the spaces, and will directly harm human bodies, generally speaking, the indoor carbon dioxide concentration is below 1,000ppm and is generally regarded as a normal and well ventilated concentration value, when the indoor carbon dioxide concentration is increased to 1,000 ppm-2,000 ppm, oxygen will be insufficient, people will feel sleepy, and people will feel irritated, when the indoor carbon dioxide concentration is further increased to 2,000 ppm-5,000 ppm, discomfort will begin to human bodies, including headache and somnolence, and with carelessness, Attention deficit, accelerated heartbeat, and mild nausea, and exposure to indoor carbon dioxide concentrations greater than 5,000ppm can result in severe hypoxia, resulting in permanent brain damage, coma, and even death. In the practical measurement of daily life, the measured value of the carbon dioxide concentration in the space of daily activities of people can reach about 2,000ppm to 3,000ppm due to insufficient ventilation effect of the indoor air conditioner or excessive people in the space, which may cause people to fall asleep and cause slight discomfort, and if the indoor carbon dioxide concentration is not further controlled, the indoor carbon dioxide concentration may continue to rise, so that people in the space are exposed to danger,

on the other hand, carbon monoxide is a colorless and odorless chemical substance generated by incomplete combustion of a carbon-containing substance, so that the carbon monoxide still contacts with carbon monoxide in a living environment in the situations of incomplete combustion of natural gas and gas or incomplete combustion of locomotive exhaust in our lives, and the situations are in close relation. The affinity of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin of a human body is two to three hundred times higher than that of oxygen with hemoglobin, so when the carbon monoxide is inhaled by the human body, the carbon monoxide and the oxygen in the human body compete to combine with the hemoglobin to replace the combination of the oxygen and the hemoglobin, the oxygen content of blood of the human body is reduced, people gradually lose consciousness and coma under the condition that the people cannot perceive abnormal conditions, and then die due to heart and brain damage, and in view of the harm of carbon monoxide poisoning to life, the closed space is a key for early discovery of carbon monoxide concentration rise.

Currently, the gas sensor used in a general workshop is mainly an infrared type gas sensor, which uses infrared rays to provide energy to excite a gas to generate changes of temperature, displacement or frequency, and determines the type and concentration of the gas by the degree of absorption of the infrared rays by the gas and detecting the absorption condition of the characteristic absorption peak position. By sensing gas with infrared rays, although the accuracy of the measurement result is high, the measurement result is quite easily affected by ambient temperature, and the gas sensor has large volume, high price and difficult miniaturization, thereby causing difficulty to a certain extent in use and popularization.

In addition, another gas sensor is a gas sensor in the form of a semiconductor, in which a metal oxide material is sintered into a semiconductor, and the metal oxide material of the semiconductor is brought into contact with a combustible gas while a heater is kept at a high temperature, so that a certain relationship is expected between a change in resistance and a gas concentration to achieve an effect of detecting carbon monoxide gas.

Based on the above, it can be understood that the detection of gas concentration has a great relationship to the safety of indoor space, but the gas sensors in the current factories have their limitations in use, so how to provide a miniature and accurate gas sensor is a critical technical threshold in the field.

Disclosure of Invention

The main object of the present invention is to provide a micro gas sensor which has a small volume and a sensitive detection response, can be widely used in various enclosed spaces, portable devices or vehicles, and has high utility.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a micro gas sensor, which uses a sensing material with high sensitivity, and can effectively reduce the temperature required by the sensing layer during sensing, thereby avoiding adverse effects of heat energy on the sensing process.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a micro gas sensor, which can coat a sensing material on a substrate, and make the sensing material have good adhesion and thickness control.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a micro gas sensor, which comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a heating element and two electrodes, and a sensing layer disposed on the heating element and connected to the two electrodes, wherein the sensing material layer comprises a metal oxide layer and a reaction layer, the reaction layer is disposed on the metal oxide layer, and the surface of the reaction layer is a rough surface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the heating device and the two electrodes may be further disposed on the dielectric layer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the substrate is a discontinuous structure, such that the dielectric layer is raised above the substrate, resulting in a heat dissipation area not directly contacting the substrate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the material of the reaction layer is selected from a group consisting of lanthanum carbonate and nanogold.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a material of the metal oxide layer is selected from a group consisting of tungsten oxide, zinc oxide, and tin oxide.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the material of the heating element is selected from a group consisting of titanium, platinum, silver and tantalum.

In an embodiment of the invention, the dielectric layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, or silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further discloses a micro gas sensor, which is a semiconductor gas sensor, and includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, a heating element, two electrodes, and a sensing layer, wherein the sensing layer is disposed on the heating element and connected to the two electrodes, and the sensing layer has a first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer, the second metal oxide layer is disposed on the first metal oxide layer, and the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer are made of tin oxide and tungsten oxide, respectively.

In an embodiment of the invention, the surface of the second metal oxide layer is a rough surface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the heating element and the two electrodes may be further disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the material of the heating element is one selected from the group consisting of titanium, gold, platinum, silver and tantalum.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the substrate is a discontinuous structure, such that the dielectric layer is raised above the substrate, resulting in a heat dissipation area not directly contacting the substrate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a reaction layer is further disposed on the sensing layer.

In one embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the heating element and the two electrodes may be further disposed on the dielectric layer.

In an embodiment of the invention, the dielectric layer is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, or silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the surface of the first oxide metal layer further includes a nano metal layer disposed on the surface of the first metal oxide layer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an interfacial layer is disposed between the first oxide metal layer and the second oxide metal layer.

In an embodiment of the invention, the interfacial layer is formed by a thermal diffusion and phase change reaction of the tungsten oxide and the zinc oxide of the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer to form a mixed material of the tungsten oxide and the zinc oxide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further discloses a micro gas sensor, which is a semiconductor gas sensor, and comprises a substrate, at least one dielectric layer disposed on the substrate and comprising a heating element and two electrodes, and a sensing layer disposed on the heating element and connected to the two electrodes, wherein the sensing layer is at least composed of a first metal oxide layer, and the stress of the dielectric layer is between 1MPa and 20 MPa.

In an embodiment of the invention, the material of the sensing layer is zinc oxide or tungsten oxide.

In an embodiment of the invention, the material of the dielectric layer is selected from one of a combination of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, or silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the surface of the first metal oxide layer is a rough surface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is also disclosed that the surface of the first oxide metal layer further includes a nano metal layer disposed on the surface of the first metal oxide layer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the material of the nano-metal layer is one of a combination of titanium, gold, platinum, silver, palladium and tantalum.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the dielectric layer is also disclosed as having a thickness of 2000 to 25000 angstroms.

Drawings

FIG. 1: it is a side exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2: which is a cross-sectional view of another preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3A to 3C: the gas detection efficacy of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.

FIG. 4: which is an exploded side view of a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5: which is a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6: it is a schematic diagram of the gas detection efficacy of the second embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 7: which is a cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

[ brief description of the drawings ]

10 base plate

20 dielectric layer

30 heating element

40 electrodes

50 sensing layer

510 first metal oxide layer

515 rough surface

520 reaction layer

530 second metal oxide layer

535 interfacial layer

60 nm metal layer

Detailed Description

In order to provide a further understanding and appreciation for the structural features and advantages achieved by the present invention, the following detailed description of the presently preferred embodiments is provided:

the invention provides a novel micro gas sensor structure aiming at the conditions of large volume, high price, difficult miniaturization and insufficient accuracy of the existing gas sensor. In addition, by arranging the reaction layer, the material of the reaction layer is lanthanum carbonate or nano gold which is used as a sensing material of the semiconductor type gas sensor or arranging the two metal oxide layers, the material of the reaction layer is zinc oxide or tungsten oxide which is used as a sensing material of the semiconductor type gas sensor, so that different gases are sensed, the sensing sensitivity of the gas sensor can be effectively improved, and the accuracy of the gas sensor is improved.

Therefore, the present invention provides a novel micro gas sensor structure, which is based on a semiconductor type gas sensor structure, the semiconductor structure comprises a heating sensing element, when a sensing material layer is arranged on the heating element, the reaction layer of the sensing layer has lanthanum carbonate or nano-gold which can generate free electrons after contacting with gas and reacting, because the reaction of the lanthanum carbonate or nano-gold contacting with the gas is very sensitive, the potential change generated by the lanthanum carbonate or nano-gold is easy to be measured by the heating sensing element, and the gas concentration is estimated according to the change of the resistance value, so as to achieve the purpose of high-sensitivity detection.

The following further describes the components and properties of the micro gas sensor of the present invention:

please refer to fig. 1, which is a side exploded view of a micro gas sensor according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawings, the present invention provides a substrate 10 and a dielectric layer 20, the dielectric layer 20 is disposed on the substrate 10, wherein the dielectric layer 20 includes a heating element 30 and two electrodes 40, then a sensing layer 50 is disposed on the heating element 30, the sensing layer 50 is connected to the two electrodes 40, the sensing layer 50 is composed of a first metal oxide layer 510 and a reaction layer 520, wherein the reaction layer 520 is disposed on the first metal oxide layer 510, and the surface of the reaction layer 520 is a rough surface 515, which increases the contact area of the detecting gas and increases the reaction efficiency.

Based on the above sensor structure, the gas sensor provided by the present invention can sense different gases by providing different reaction layer materials, which will be described below.

When the material of the reaction layer 520 is lanthanum carbonate, the micro gas sensor provided by the present invention can be used for detecting carbon dioxide gas because oxygen ions (O) in air^2-) With high concentrationForm carbonate ions (CO) when the carbon dioxide is reacted₃ ^2-) At this time, the separated free electrons increase the surface conductivity of the sensing layer 50 and further decrease the resistivity, and the resistance value has a phenomenon that decreases with the increase of the carbon dioxide concentration in the environment, so that the concentration of the carbon dioxide in the environment is estimated by the change, thereby achieving the purpose of the gas sensor of the present invention. In addition, when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air decreases, the content of free carbonate ions in the environment is insufficient to react with lanthanum carbonate in the reaction layer to generate electrons, and the free electrons that are free to the sensing layer 50 during the sensing process will return to the reaction layer, and the resistance value of the sensor will return to the initial state to prepare for the next gas concentration sensing.

CO₂+O^2-→CO₃ ^2-(formula one)

La₂O₂CO₃+CO₃ ^2-→La₂O₂CO₃+1/2O₂+CO₂+2e^-(formula II)

In addition, when the material of the reaction layer 520 is nano-gold, the micro gas sensor provided by the present invention can be used for detecting carbon monoxide gas. When carbon monoxide gas is introduced and the temperature rises, carbon monoxide is decomposed into carbon dioxide and free electrons (as shown in formula IV), the separated free electrons can also increase the surface conductivity of the sensing layer 50 so as to reduce the resistivity, and the phenomenon that the resistance value is reduced along with the increase of the concentration is also generated, so that the concentration of carbon monoxide in the environment is effectively detected.

CO+O^2-→CO₂+2e^-(formula IV)

In the micro gas sensor, the substrate 10 provided by the present invention is used to support the semiconductor micro gas sensor, and in order to maintain the basic physical properties of the substrate material during the manufacturing process of the chip, the substrate material is not changed by the high temperature during the manufacturing process, and is selected to have sufficient stability under the high temperature operating environment. Meanwhile, in order to prevent the substrate material from affecting the conductivity of the whole chip structure and further misleading the conductivity performance after the gas sensing is combined, the substrate material should not have conductivity, and based on the above properties, the substrate 10 provided by the present invention may be further selected from one or any combination of the group consisting of glass, silicon and quartz.

In the micro gas sensor as described above, wherein the dielectric layer 20 disclosed in the present invention is used for electrical isolation of a semiconductor multilayer structure to improve the sensing efficiency of the micro gas sensor, the material of the dielectric layer 20 is mostly an insulator, and when an external electric field is applied, electrons, ions, or molecules contained therein are polarized, thereby increasing the capacitance of the micro gas sensor. Based on the above properties, the dielectric layer 20 provided by the present invention can be further selected from one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof. Preferably, silicon nitride and silicon oxide are used, and the silicon nitride material is coated on the silicon oxide material.

As mentioned in the above paragraphs, the dielectric layer 20 disclosed in the present invention includes a heating element 30 and two electrodes 40, the heating element 30 and the two electrodes 40 can be embedded in the dielectric layer 20, or can be directly disposed on the dielectric layer 20, the heating element 30 is connected to a power source for receiving the electric energy of the power source and converting the electric energy into heat energy, so as to provide the gas sensor of the present invention for detecting gas, and to stabilize the heat energy provided by the gas sensor, the material of the heating element 30 provided in the present invention is preferably noble metal, and based on the above properties, the material of the heating element 30 is selected from one of the group consisting of titanium, platinum, gold, silver and tantalum. In addition, the two electrodes 40 and the heating element 30 are disposed in an electrically isolated manner, and the two electrodes 40 are connected to the sensing layer 50 to measure the current and potential variation generated by the sensing layer 50 through the reaction, so as to determine the concentration of the gas in the environment.

As mentioned above, in the micro gas sensor, the sensing layer 50 provided by the present invention is used for contacting and reacting with the target gas in the monitoring environment, when the target gas contacts and reacts with the material of the sensing layer 50, the free electrons are generated to cause the potential change of the sensing layer 50 and generate a current, and then the measurement is performed through the two electrodes 40 connected to the sensing layer 50 to achieve the target of gas sensing. The sensing layer 50 includes a first metal oxide layer 510 and a reaction layer 520, wherein the materials of the reaction layer 520 and the reaction process with the target gas are provided in the foregoing, and are not described herein again; in addition, the first metal oxide layer 510 provided by the present invention is used as a conductor for transferring electrons, and in order to make the function of transferring electrons more rapid and sharp, the metal oxide layer 510 provided by the present invention is provided by using a single material, and based on the above, the first metal oxide layer 510 provided by the present invention is selected from one of the combination of tungsten oxide, zinc oxide and tin oxide, and any combination thereof, wherein the tungsten oxide material may be tungsten trioxide (WO)₃) The tin oxide material can be tin dioxide (SnO)₂)。

Referring to fig. 2 of the drawings, which is another preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the drawings, the substrate 10 of the gas sensor is a discontinuous structure, and by this design, the dielectric layer 20 is suspended above the substrate 10, so as to generate a heat dissipation area 201 that is not in direct contact with the substrate 10, and by the arrangement of the heat dissipation area 201, when the dielectric layer 20 performs a gas sensing function, the heat energy generated by the heating element 30 can be effectively adjusted, so that the overall temperature of the gas sensor is not too high, which not only can reduce the generation of thermoelectric effect and increase the measurement stability and accuracy of the gas sensor.

The following examples are provided to illustrate the technical and scientific content, features and advantages of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 1 testing of structural Properties of lanthanum-containing Compound micro gas sensor

Referring to fig. 3A, which is a schematic diagram illustrating the sensing time and the resistance change of the lanthanum compound-containing micro gas sensor when sensing carbon dioxide gas, as shown in the figure, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the sensing environment is 600ppm in the first 120 seconds, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the sensing environment is increased seven times in the next ten minutes in a manner of increasing carbon dioxide by 400ppm each time, and the change of the resistance value of the lanthanum compound-containing micro gas sensor is observed; as can be seen from the graph, each time the carbon dioxide concentration in the sensing environment is increased, the resistance value of the gas sensor rapidly decreases to a stable value and is maintained at the stable value until the carbon dioxide concentration in the sensing environment is increased next time, and the difference between the initial resistance value and the final resistance value can reach sixty-thousand ohms, which shows that the gas sensor has stable gas sensing capability and wide sensing range; finally, when the carbon dioxide gas is stopped to make the carbon dioxide concentration in the sensing environment return to the initial state, the resistance value of the gas sensor can return to the initial value within a short time, and the difference between the resistance value of the gas sensor and the resistance value before the sensing is started is not large, which is sufficient for the high measurement stability of the gas sensor.

Referring to fig. 3B, it is a graph comparing the measurement results of the lanthanum-containing compound micro gas sensor provided in the present application with the carbon dioxide sensor in the prior art, where the data of the square dots is the content measured by the currently available carbon dioxide sensor, and the data of the circular dots is the content measured by the lanthanum-containing compound micro gas sensor provided in the present invention, as shown in the figure, the lanthanum-containing compound micro gas sensor provided in the present application can not only sense carbon dioxide in a larger concentration range, but also more accurately reflect the actual carbon dioxide concentration in the environment.

Example 2 structural Properties of Nanogold micro gas sensor

Referring to fig. 3C, which is a graph showing the trend of the change in power and sensitivity of the nano-gold micro gas sensor in a carbon monoxide environment under different annealing time conditions, when the gold-containing metal layer is not processed by the annealing step (i.e., seconds are zero), the gold-containing metal layer does not form nano-gold dots, so that the gas sensing capability of the micro gas sensor is not improved when the micro gas sensor is operated (i.e., the heating power of the sensor is increased); in addition, although the gas sensors prepared by different annealing times have similar resistivity change trends under different conditions, the micro gas sensor prepared by the annealing step for 30 seconds not only has the maximum sensitivity (35%), but also has a more stable change trend than the groups of the annealing step for 15 seconds and 60 seconds, obviously has the most complete and proper distribution of nano-gold points, can adsorb more carbon monoxide, and obtains the highest and most accurate value in the measurement range.

Next, please refer to fig. 4, which is a side exploded view of a micro gas sensor according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawings, the present invention provides a substrate 10 and a dielectric layer 20, the dielectric layer 20 is disposed on the substrate 10, wherein the dielectric layer 20 includes a heating element 30 and two electrodes 40, then a sensing layer 50 is disposed on the heating element 30, the sensing layer 50 is connected to the two electrodes 40, the sensing layer 50 is composed of a first metal oxide layer 510 and a second metal oxide layer 530, and the first metal oxide layer 510 is disposed on the second metal oxide layer 530, wherein an interface layer 535 (interfacial layer) is further disposed between the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530, after the interface layer 535 anneals the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 at 400-, the interfacial layer 535 is formed between the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 and has a thickness of about 20-80 nanometers (nm).

Wherein the content of the first and second substances,the first metal oxide layer 510 is made of tungsten oxide, the second metal oxide layer 530 is made of tin oxide, wherein the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer are made of one of the combinations of tungsten oxide, zinc oxide and tin oxide, and the tungsten oxide material is tungsten trioxide (WO)₃) The tin oxide material can be tin dioxide (SnO)₂) The surface of the first metal oxide layer 510 is a rough surface 515, which increases the sensing efficiency for increasing the sensing gas area of the sensor. The first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 form the sensing layer 50, the sensing layer 50 has a thickness of 0.1-2um, and the two metal oxide layers are used to detect the concentration of ammonia, wherein a nano metal layer 60 is further added to catalyze the surface of the sensing layer 50 to increase the reaction efficiency. Alternatively, the reaction layer 520 is further disposed on the second metal oxide layer 530 to increase the detection efficiency of the reaction layer 520 to gas, wherein the reaction layer 520 is made of lanthanum carbonate, which can be used for detecting carbon dioxide gas due to oxygen ions (O) in air^2-) Carbonate ion (CO) is formed when reacting with high concentration of carbon dioxide₃ ^2-) At this time, the carbonate ion will contact with the lanthanum carbonate of the reaction layer and react to generate lanthanum carbonate, oxygen, carbon dioxide and free electrons, at this time, the separated free electrons will increase the surface conductivity of the sensing layer 50 and further decrease the resistivity, and the resistance value has the phenomenon of decreasing with the increase of the carbon dioxide concentration in the environment, so as to estimate the carbon dioxide concentration in the environment from this change, thereby achieving the purpose of the gas sensor of the present invention, in addition, the interface layer 535 of the embodiment is generated between the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 by using the heat treatment method in which the first metal oxide layer 510 is tungsten oxide and the second metal oxide layer 530 is tin oxide, and the depth element analysis between the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 is performed by secondary ion spectrum analysis (SIMS), verify that there is a layer of the interfacial layer 535 with two compounds, tungsten oxide andtin oxide, which has a thickness of about 20-80nm, facilitates a tighter bond between the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 via the interface layer 535, and facilitates conduction of electrons to the underlying electrode 40, enabling more efficient detection of ammonia concentration via conduction of the interface layer 535. .

As described above, the substrate 10 provided by the present invention is used to support the semiconductor type micro gas sensor, and in order to maintain the basic physical properties of the substrate material during the manufacturing process of the chip, the substrate material having sufficient stability under the high temperature operation environment is selected to be manufactured without being changed by the high temperature during the manufacturing process. Meanwhile, in order to prevent the substrate material from affecting the conductivity of the whole chip structure and further misleading the conductivity performance after the gas sensing is combined, the substrate 10 material should not have conductivity, and based on the above properties, the substrate 10 provided by the present invention may be further selected from one or any combination of the group consisting of glass, silicon and quartz.

In the micro gas sensor as described above, wherein the dielectric layer 20 disclosed in the present invention is used for electrical isolation of a semiconductor multilayer structure to improve the sensing efficiency of the micro gas sensor, the material of the dielectric layer 20 is mostly an insulator, and when an external electric field is applied, electrons, ions, or molecules contained therein are polarized, thereby increasing the capacitance of the micro gas sensor. Based on the above properties, the dielectric layer 20 provided by the present invention can be further selected from one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride, and any combination thereof. Preferably, silicon nitride and silicon oxide are used, and the silicon nitride material is coated on the silicon oxide material.

In view of the above, the dielectric layer 20 disclosed in the present invention includes a heating element 30 and two electrodes 40, the heating element 30 and the two electrodes 40 can be embedded in the dielectric layer 20, or can be directly disposed on the dielectric layer 20, the heating element 30 is connected to a power source for receiving the electric energy of the power source and converting the electric energy into heat energy, so as to provide the gas sensor of the present invention for detecting gas, and to stabilize the heat energy provided by the gas sensor, the material of the heating element 30 provided in the present invention is preferably noble metal, and based on the above properties, the material of the heating element 30 is selected from one of the group consisting of titanium, platinum, gold, silver, and tantalum. In addition, the two electrodes 40 and the heating element 30 are disposed in an electrically isolated manner, and the two electrodes 40 are connected to the sensing layer 50 to measure the current and potential variation generated by the sensing layer 50 through the reaction, so as to determine the concentration of the gas in the environment.

In view of the above-mentioned micro gas sensor structure, the sensing layer 50 is used to contact and react with a target gas in a monitoring environment, when the target gas contacts and reacts with a material of the sensing layer 50, free electrons are generated to cause a potential change of the sensing layer 50 and generate a current, and then the target gas is measured by the two electrodes 40 connected to the sensing layer 50 to achieve a target of gas sensing. The sensing layer 50 includes the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530, wherein the material of the second metal oxide layer 530 and the reaction process with the target gas are provided in the foregoing, and are not described herein again; in addition, the first metal oxide layer 510 provided by the present invention is used as a conductor for transferring electrons, and in order to make the function of transferring electrons more rapid and sensitive, the first metal oxide layer 510 provided by the present invention is provided by using a single material, based on the above, the first metal oxide layer 510 provided by the present invention is selected from one of a combination of tungsten oxide, zinc oxide and tin oxide and an arbitrary combination thereof, and the tungsten oxide material may be tungsten trioxide (WO)₃) The tin oxide material can be tin dioxide (SnO)₂)。

Referring to fig. 5 of the drawings, which is a second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the drawings, the substrate 10 of the gas sensor is a discontinuous structure, and by this design, the dielectric layer 20 is disposed on the substrate 10 in an overhead manner, so as to generate a heat dissipation area 201 that is not in direct contact with the substrate 10, and by the arrangement of the heat dissipation area 201, when the dielectric layer 20 performs a gas sensing function, the heat energy generated by the heating element 30 can be effectively adjusted, so that the overall temperature of the gas sensor is not too high, which not only can reduce the generation of the thermoelectric effect, but also can increase the measurement stability and accuracy of the gas sensor.

The following examples are provided to illustrate the technical and scientific content, features and advantages of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 3 gas sensor structural Property test of bimetal oxide layer

Referring to fig. 6, which is a schematic diagram illustrating the sensing time and current change of the micro gas sensor including the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 according to the present invention when sensing ammonia gas, as shown in the figure, the ammonia gas concentration in the sensing environment is 50ppb in the first 100 seconds, the ammonia gas in the sensing environment is increased three times in the next 500 seconds by increasing 100ppb ammonia gas each time, and the current value changes of the micro gas sensor including the first metal oxide layer 510 and the second metal oxide layer 530 are observed; it can be observed from the graph that the current value of the gas sensor rapidly rises to a stable value every time the ammonia gas concentration in the sensing environment is increased, and is maintained at the stable value until the ammonia gas concentration in the sensing environment is increased next time, and the difference between the initial current value and the final current value can reach 0.000001 ampere, which shows the stability of the gas sensing capability and the wide sensing range of the gas sensor.

Please refer to fig. 7, which is a cross-sectional view of a micro gas sensor according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present invention provides a substrate 10, at least one dielectric layer 20, the dielectric layer 20 is disposed on the substrate 10, wherein the dielectric layer 20 includes a heating element 30 and two electrodes 40, then a sensing layer 50 is disposed on the heating element 30, the sensing layer 50 is connected to the two electrodes 40, the sensing layer 50 is at least composed of a first metal oxide layer 510, in addition, the thickness of the dielectric layer is between 2000 angstroms and 25000 angstroms, and the stress of the dielectric layer is between 1MPa and 20 MPa.

Wherein, the material of the sensing layer 50 is tungsten oxide, tin oxide or zinc oxide,wherein the tungsten oxide material can be tungsten trioxide (WO)₃) The tin oxide material can be tin dioxide (SnO)₂) The surface of the sensing layer 50 is a rough surface 515, which is used to increase the sensing gas area of the sensor, and the surface of the sensing layer 50 further includes a nano metal layer 60, the nano metal layer 60 is disposed on the surface of the sensing layer 50, and the nano metal layer 60 is made of one of the combinations of ti, au, pt, pd, ag and ta. The sensing layer structure can be used to detect the concentration of ammonia gas, and the sensing efficiency of ammonia gas can be increased by the rough surface 515 of the first metal layer 510 of the sensing layer 50 and the structure of the nano metal layer 60.

In view of the above, the dielectric layer 20 is used for electrical isolation of the semiconductor multi-layer structure to improve the sensing efficiency of the micro gas sensor, and the material of the dielectric layer 20 is mostly an insulator, and when an external electric field is applied, the contained electrons, ions, or molecules are polarized, thereby increasing the capacitance of the micro gas sensor. Based on the above properties, the dielectric layer 20 provided by the present invention can be further selected from silicon nitride, silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride. Preferably, silicon nitride and/or silicon oxide is used, and the silicon nitride material is covered on the silicon oxide material, wherein the dielectric layer 20 is disposed on the substrate 10, so that the sensing layer 50 on the dielectric layer 20 is not easily broken, and furthermore, the substrate 10 is a discontinuous structure, by this design, the dielectric layer 20 is raised above the substrate 10, a heat dissipation region 201 which is not in direct contact with the substrate 10 is generated, and by the raised structure, the problem of corrugation or uneven heating is not generated, wherein when the dielectric layer 20 is a structure with more than two layers, the dielectric layer 20 is subjected to compressive stress and tensile stress, and stress balance can be generated by the structure of the dielectric layer 20 with two layers, so that the residual stress of the dielectric layer 20 with two layers is smaller than the residual stress of the dielectric layer 20 with one layer.

In summary, the present invention provides a highly stable micro gas sensor and a method for fabricating the same, wherein a semiconductor structure is provided with sensing layers of different materialsThe invention discloses lanthanum carbonate to detect carbon dioxide, nano gold to detect carbon monoxide, and uses semiconductor process technology through the gas sensor structure of the invention, thereby reducing the volume of the gas sensor, solving the problems of large volume, high price and difficult miniaturization of the current gas sensor, especially the carbon dioxide gas sensor, effectively reducing the volume required by the gas sensor, increasing the applicability thereof, and providing a novel micro gas sensor structure. Furthermore, tungsten oxide (WO) is utilized₃) Tin oxide and zinc oxide are used as sensing materials of semiconductor type gas sensors to sense ammonia gas, and as shown in the embodiments, the sensing sensitivity and accuracy of the gas sensor are effectively improved. Therefore, the invention provided by the present application indeed has superior and advanced efficacy compared with the prior art, and meets the requirements of patent application.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the appended claims.