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Chemical preconcentrator with integral thermal flow sensor

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OSTI ID:875083

A chemical preconcentrator with integral thermal flow sensor can be used to accurately measure fluid flow rate in a microanalytical system. The thermal flow sensor can be operated in either constant temperature or constant power mode and variants thereof. The chemical preconcentrator with integral thermal flow sensor can be fabricated with the same MEMS technology as the rest of the microanlaytical system. Because of its low heat capacity, low-loss, and small size, the chemical preconcentrator with integral thermal flow sensor is fast and efficient enough to be used in battery-powered, portable microanalytical systems.

Research Organization:
SANDIA CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 6527835
OSTI ID:
875083
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

A Microsensor With Integrated Heat Sink And Flow Guide For Gas Flow Sensing Applications conference June 1995
A high sensitivity CMOS gas flow sensor on a thin dielectric membrane journal June 1993
Integrated smart two-dimensional thermal flow sensor with Seebeck-voltage-to-frequency conversion journal March 1992