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A Compact, Reliable and Efficient 16 Channel Power Supply for the Automated Screening of Semiconducting Metal Oxide Gas Sensors

  • The choice of suitable semiconducting metal oxide (MOX) gas sensors for the detection of a specific gas or gas mixture is time-consuming since the sensor’s sensitivity needs to be characterized at multiple temperatures to find its optimal operating conditions. To obtain reliable measurement results, it is very important that the power for the sensor’s integrated heater is stable, regulated and error-free (or error-tolerant). Especially the error-free requirement can be only be achieved if the power supply implements failure-avoiding and failure-detection methods. The biggest challenge is deriving multiple different voltages from a common supply in an efficient way while keeping the system as small and lightweight as possible. This work presents a reliable, compact, embedded system that addresses the power supply requirements for fully automated simultaneous sensor characterization for up to 16 sensors at multiple temperatures. The system implements efficient (avg. 83.3% efficiency) voltage conversion with low ripple output (<32 mV) and supports static or temperature-cycled heating modes. Voltage and current of each channel are constantly monitored and regulated to guarantee reliable operation. To evaluate the proposed design, 16 sensors were screened. The results are shown in the experimental part of this work.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:Christof Hammer, Johannes Warmer, Sebastian Sporrer, Peter Kaul, Ronald Thoelen, Norbert Jung
Parent Title (English):Electronics
Volume:8
Issue:8
Article Number:882
ISSN:2079-9292
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-45768
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8080882
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2019/08/09
Copyright:(c) 2019 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
Funding:This research received internal funding from the Institute of Safety and Security Research at BRS-U.
Keyword:automated sensor-screening; high degree of diagnostic coverage and reliability; multi-channel power sourcing; semiconducting metal oxide gas sensor array
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Informatik
Institut für Sicherheitsforschung (ISF)
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 66 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik / 660 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik
Entry in this database:2019/08/13
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International