Affiliation:
1. Laboratory for Intelligent Flexible Electronics, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
2. Beijing Smart-Chip Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100192, China
Abstract
Capacitive pressure sensors based on porous structures have been widely researched and applied to a variety of practical applications. To date, it remains a big challenge to develop a capacitive pressure sensor with a high sensitivity and good linearity over a wide pressure range. In this paper, a sensitive, flexible, porous capacitive pressure sensor was designed and manufactured by means of the “salt template method” and man-made grooves. To this aim, the size of the salt particles used for forming pores/air voids, time taken for thorough dissolution of salt particles, and the depth of the man-made groove by a pin were taken into consideration to achieve a better effect. With pores and the groove, the sensor is more liable be compressed, which will result in a dramatic decrease in distance between the two electrodes and a conspicuous increase of the effective dielectric constant. The optimize-designed sensor represents a sensitivity 6–8 times more than the sensor without the groove in the pressure range of 0–10 kPa, not to mention the sensor without pores or the groove, and it can keep good linearity within the measurement range (0–50 kPa). Besides, the sensor shows a low detection limit of 3.5 Pa and a fast response speed (≈50 ms), which makes it possible to detect a tiny applied pressure immediately. The fabricated sensor can be applied to wearable devices to monitor finger and wrist bending, and it can be used in the object identification of mechanical claws and object cutting of mechanical arms, and so on.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Shandong University Youth Innovation Supporting Program
Tai Shan Scholar Engineering Construction Fund of Shandong Province of China
Youth Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
Shenzhen Science and Technology Program
Project of Shandong Province Graduate Education Course
The science and technology project of Qingdao West Coast New Area
Laboratory Open Fund of Beijing Smart-chip Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering
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