Multifunctional sensor

• US 10,401,200 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Tsai, Ming-Chih, Ho, Yu-Hsuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Golden, Chinessa T.
• Application Number:
  US15/678,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20180231403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 Products made by additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/00 Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable G01D13/00, G01D15/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/02 Measuring two or more variables by means not covered by a single other subclass

Abstract

A multifunctional sensor including a substrate, a first sensing structure, a dielectric layer and a second sensing structure is provided. The first sensing structure is disposed on the substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first sensing structure. The second sensing structure is disposed on the dielectric layer. The first sensing structure and the second sensing structure are located on the same side of the substrate.

Claims

1. A multifunctional sensor, comprising:

a substrate;

a first sensing structure, disposed on the substrate;

a dielectric layer, disposed on the first sensing structure; and

a second sensing structure, disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the second sensing structure comprises;

a second electrode, disposed on the dielectric layer; and

a sensing layer, disposed on the second electrode;

wherein the first sensing structure and the second sensing structure are located on the same side of the substrate.

2. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein the first sensing structure comprises a first electrode having a resistance variance sensing configuration.

3. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 2, wherein the first sensing structure comprises a pressure sensing structure.

4. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 2, wherein the first sensing structure comprises a temperature sensing structure.

5. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 2, wherein the first electrode comprises an interdigital electrode.

6. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, further comprising a heating plate, located in a gap of the second electrode.

7. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, further comprising a light source, disposed on the sensing layer or at a periphery of the sensing layer.

8. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode comprises an interdigital electrode or a thin film transistor.

9. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode has a gap, and the sensing layer is disposed on the second electrode and in the gap of the second electrode.

10. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a sensing material of the sensing layer comprises a group IV element or an oxide thereof.

11. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a material of the sensing layer comprises silicon, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, zinc oxide, tin dioxide, indium oxide, tungsten trioxide, magnesium oxide, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide, nickel, copper, Au clusters, or a combination thereof.

12. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a method of forming the first sensing structure comprises three-dimensional printing.

13. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a method of forming the dielectric layer comprises three-dimensional printing.

14. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a method of forming the second sensing structure comprises three-dimensional printing.

15. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a material of the substrate comprises a porous material, and a portion of the first sensing structure extends into pores of the substrate.

16. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein a material of the substrate comprises a nano-cellulose material.

17. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 16, wherein a pore size of pores of the nano-cellulose material is 0.2 nanometers to 500 nanometers.

18. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 1, wherein the first sensing structure comprises:

a first electrode, disposed on the substrate; and

a first electrode sensing layer, disposed on the first electrode.

19. The multifunctional sensor according to claim 18, wherein the first electrode is an interdigital electrode.