Semiconductor device-based sensors

JW Johnson, EL Piner, KJ Linthicum - US Patent 7,361,946, 2008 - Google Patents
4411, 741. A 10/1983 Janata associated with the same are provided. The sensors include
4,636,827 A 1, 1987 Rudolf regions that can interact with chemical species being 4, 791465 …

Passivation of wide band-gap based semiconductor devices with hydrogen-free sputtered nitrides

ST Sheppard, RP Smith, Z Ring - US Patent 7,855,401, 2010 - Google Patents
An improved field effect transistor formed in the Group III nitride material system includes a
two part structure in which a chemical vapor deposited passivation layer of silicon nitride …

Field-effect transistor with nitride semiconductor and method for fabricating the same

M Hikita, T Ueda, M Yanagihara, Y Uemoto… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
An AlN buffer layer, an undoped GaN layer, an undoped AlGaN layer, a p-type GaN layer
and a heavily doped p-type GaN layer are formed in this order. A gate electrode forms an …

Semiconductor sensor

M Kunze, I Daumiler - US Patent 8,129,725, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A semiconductor sensor determines physical and/or chemical properties of
a medium, in particular a pH sensor. The semi conductor sensor has an electronic …

GaN-based nitric oxide sensors and methods of making and using the same

MA Garcia, SD Wolter, AS Brown… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
Pearton et al.,“GaN-based diodes and transistors for chemical, gas, biological and pressure
sensing.” J. Phys. Condensed Matter, 2004, pp. R961-R994, 16, IOP Publishing Ltd, UK …

Electronic nose for chemical sensing

P Kurup - US Patent App. 11/305,303, 2006 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for detecting selected chemical compounds or elements is
presented. A sensor array is exposed to one or more odors, for example. The outputs of the …

Graphene gas sensor for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in gas environments

G Ruhl, T Hirsch, A Zoepfl - US Patent 10,024,831, 2018 - Google Patents
A gas sensor for measuring a concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas environment (GE) is
provided. The gas sensor includes a graphene layer having a side facing towards the gas …

Biofet with increased sensing area

CW Cheng, LIU Yi-Shao, FL Lai - US Patent App. 13/969,160, 2014 - Google Patents
The present disclosure provides a bio-field effect transistor (BioFET) and a method of
fabricating a BioFET device. The method includes forming a BioFET using one or more pro …

Systems and methods for packaging integrated circuit gas sensor systems

R Speer, L Cavanagh, P Smith, J Pavelka - US Patent 8,852,513, 2014 - Google Patents
Systems and methods are provided for packaging integrated circuit (IC) gas sensor Systems
that employ at least one gas sensor that is formed as part of an integrated circuit and …

Metal oxide gas sensor array devices, systems, and associated methods

N Tayebi, X Su - US Patent 10,330,624, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and devices for detecting an analyte are disclosed and described. In one
embodiment, a Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) sensor pixel with a MOS active material is …