期刊
ULTRASONICS
卷 114, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2021.106410
关键词
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic; transducers; Gas sensors; Air-coupled transducers; Time-of-flight
资金
- French government's program Investissements d'Avenir
This study aimed to develop ultra-wide bandwidth air-coupled capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) for binary gas mixture analysis, based on time-of-flight (ToF) measurements to monitor gas ultrasound velocity variations. The proposed technique showed promising results in detecting CO2/N2 and H2/N2 gas mixtures, with a measured limit of detection (LOD) of 0.3% for CO2 in N2 and 0.15% for H2 in N2, demonstrating high detection sensitivity.
The present work aims to develop ultra-wide bandwidth air-coupled capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) for binary gas mixture analysis. The detection principle is based on time-of-flight (ToF) measurements, in order to monitor gas ultrasound velocity variations. To perform such measurements, CMUTs were especially designed to work out of resonance mode, like a microphone. The chosen membrane size is 32 ? 32 ?m2 and gap height is 250 nm. The resonance frequency and collapse voltage were found at 8 MHz and 58 V respectively. As mentioned, the CMUTs were exploited in quasi-static operating mode, in a very low frequency band, from 1 MHz to 1.5 MHz frequencies. The transducer impulse response was characterised, and a -6 dB relative fractional frequency bandwidth (FBW) higher than 100% was measured, enabling to use CMUT for the targeted application. Additionally, a measuring cell has been designed to hold the fabricated CMUT emitter and receiver prototypes facing each other. The volume inside the cell was kept lower than 3 mL and the surface of emitter/receiver was 1.6 ? 8 mm2. To validate the general principle of the proposed technique, two binary gas mixtures of CO2/N2 and H2/N2, with varying concentrations, have been tested. The results are very promising with a measured limit of detection (LOD) of 0.3% for CO2 in N2 and 0.15% for H2 in N2.
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