... bioreceptor The T cell is a good example Recall that the antibody is one ofthe major players in the immune system There are three other important cells in charge ofthe body’s immune response: the B ... R2 As the sum ofthe voltage rise should be the same as the sum ofthe voltage drops, Vin ¼ V1 þ V2 (2.5) As explained earlier, there is only one path for the current flow to pass through The currents ... the voltage at the point in between the two resistors (with reference to the ground), Vout, is a fraction ofthe input voltage Vin, depending on the ratio ofthe two resistors R1 and R2 In other...
... temperature, thepower device’s power dissipation, and the thermal resistance from thecase to the heat sink Similarly, thepower device’s case temperature depends on the device’s power dissipation and the ... that ofthe amplifier and try to keep the other sensor leads at the same temperature as the amplifier’s leads If the heat sink is mounted to the back side ofthe printed circuit board, the sensor ... equal to the LM335’s output at 75°C The amplifier has a gain of 100 to the difference between the measured temperature and the set-point The output of A1 modulates the duty cycle ofthe oscillator...
... coefficient ofthe base may add the extra nonlinearity in the shift The theoretical prediction ofthe nonlinearity in the thermal response ofthe Bragg wavelength was described in [11,12] The sensor’s ... the thermal expansion ofthe substrate is dominated over the thermal contraction ofthe fiber, and the wavelength shift is governed by the strain induced by the substrate thermal expansion and thermo-optic ... length ofthe sensor, typically ofthe order of – 10 mm The small dimensions ofthe fiber allow the monitoring of structures with very close clearances This paper describes performance of a prototype...
... dependencies of VBE are the core ofthe front-end design One ofthe major advantages of bandgap sensors is that the process variation of VBE has just one degree of freedom about the 0K point ... on the temperature dependencies of mobility of SiC transistor and the TC of a Schottky diode The design achieves a mean box model TC of 71ppm with a power consumption of 1.8mA and a PSRR of -47.6db@100Hz, ... depending on the thickness ofthe active silicon layer (at the surface above the BOX) relative to the depths ofthe source-drain junction and channel depletion layers in the device with the operating...
... energize the pump when the sun is heating the panels and turn off the pump when the sky is cloudy or the sun goes down To prevent rapid cycling ofthe pump during partly cloudy conditions, the hysteresis ... low thermal impedance between the thermistor assembly and the solar panel will also prevent rapid pump cycling by adding the solar panel’s thermal time constant to the hysteresis To select the ... warning As the sun heats the solar panel and the thermistor assembly, the pump will turn on at +100°F The pump will stay on until the temperature decreases to +80°F This ensures that the solar...
... wide (20°F) span The thermal time constant ofthe solar panel will also aid in the prevention of rapid pump cycling, if the thermal resistance between the thermistor assembly and the solar panel ... energizes the pump when the sun is heating the panels, and turns off the pump when the sky becomes cloudy or the sun goes down To prevent rapid cycling ofthe controller during partly-cloudy skies, the ... high end ofthe window: EQUATION T= 782 x 22 = 17.2 kΩ A 20 kΩ potentiometer will meet this requirement Now each programming resistor can be calculated For the low end ofthe window, the minimum...
... histograms ofthe temperature accuracy ofthe sensor The histogram data shows the variance ofthe temperature error over a sample of sensors Figure 15 shows a histogram ofthe temperature error ofthe ... the package The Ground pin ofthe IC provides a low-impedance thermal path between the die and the PCB, allowing the sensor to effectively monitor the temperature ofthe PCB board The other non-grounded ... adjust the temperature reading ofthe sensor, which is in the vicinity of, but not in direct contact with, the hot object that requires an accurate temperature measurement The accumulation ofthe thermal...
... oscillators The RSS analysis consists of listing the magnitude of all the error terms and then multiplying the terms by the component sensitivity factor Next, the sum ofthe square of each error ... FIND LG AND ∆S The oscillation frequency is determined by finding the poles ofthe denominator ofthe transfer equation T(s) Or equivalent to the zeroes ofthe numerator N(s) ofthe characteristic ... Though the change ofthe ambient temperature is usually unavoidable; however, thepower rating of a resistor can be chosen to minimize any self-heating from the I2R drop ofthe device Other factors,...
... forward currents of IF1 and IF2, and the currents have a ratio of N (IF2/IF1 = N), the difference between the forward voltages (VF) has no dependency on the saturation currents ofthe two diodes, ... Most likely, the person doing so is engaged in theft of intellectual property • Microchip is willing to work with the customer who is concerned about the integrity of their code • Neither Microchip ... believes that its family of products is one ofthe most secure families of its kind on the market today, when used in the intended manner and under normal conditions • There are dishonest and...
... The Arrhenius energy in the low temperature range is within the range of reaction limited process, whereas that ofthe high-temperature range may be in the higher range ofthe diffusionlimited processes ... 471 Fig Arrhenius plots ofthe reduction and oxidation speeds Slopes ofthe transient response ofthe data in Fig and of additional data were normalized by (mS/s) and their logarithmic value ... improved with the repeated exposure to hydrogen The improvement in response could be interpreted by the accumulation ofthe water in the film generated by hydrogen exposure The response to the humid...
... of Fig 1e) The growth mechanism ofthe nanorods was put forward based on the above results It may be the fact that the added Fe2 O3 nanoparticles promoted the growth of ZnO nanoparticles as the ... structures The reactivity of oxides in acid–base reactions depends on the electronegativity ofthe metal cation The electronegativity is the measure ofthe Lewis acid site activity The relative ... that to the other gases is much lower The sensitivity and selectivity are better than that ofthe gas sensor given in Ref [12] These results indicate the fairly good NH3 selectivity ofthe Fe2...
... sensor to NH3 decreased by a factor of 2–3 during 30 days Therefore, the lack of long-term stability ofthe fabricated sensor was of concern The resistance changes ofthe sensors prepared via polymerization ... and consists of coral-like particulates It is considered that such kind of structure affects the diffusion of gas into and out ofthe entire bulk ofthe fibrous film In contrast, there are almost ... process Thus, when the thin film is exposed to NH3 gas, the adsorption and desorption processes will simultaneously occur, and the thinner the films, the quicker the gas desorption Then, the resistance...
... on the surface and heated at 700 ◦ C for h in open air, resulting in formation of arrays of LSCO nanotubes in the inside ofthe pores ofthe AAO template 2.4 Characterization The morphologies of ... was induced, the capacitance ofthe PAA sample increased by about three orders of magnitude (Fig 5a) And then the NH3 concentration decreased by 20% in every step The capacitance ofthe device ... loss variation with NH3 of LSCO nanotubes may have originated mainly from the NH3 molecule adsorption on the walls of LSCO nanotubes, replacement ofthe air in the voids ofthe nanopores by NH3...
... periods) ofthe sensor response in the presence ofthe test gas, and the amplitude ofthe dc component and ofthe first four harmonics were extracted FFT coefficients of higher harmonics than the fourth ... induction coil in the presence of a gas flow of synthetic air (80% N2 and 20% O2 ) introduced from the bottom ofthe induction coil The surface ofthe tungsten pellet was oxidised and at the chosen temperature ... due to the accumulation of impurities at the surface ofthe grains in the film, that were not desorbed during the temperature modulation The limited number of measurements performed during the three-day-period...
... attributed to the aggregation of Ag particles, resulting in the decrease ofthe surface area of ␣-Fe2 O3 Generally, a large BET surface area will lead to improvement ofthe sensing properties ofthe sensor ... Secondly, the Ag dopants, as a catalyst, enhance the adsorption of gas molecules and accelerate the electron exchange between the sensor and the test gas [34] The two factors together contribute to the ... is probably due to the reduction of active sites correlated with the agglomeration of Ag grains [35] In this paper, the effect of calcination temperature on the response ofthe as-prepared Ag/␣-Fe2...
... defined as the time required to reach 90% ofthe final change in current, when the gas is turned on and off, respectively The device response vs time is shown in Fig for 0.1 vol% of LPG From the plot, ... may be due to the presence of sufficient gas molecules at the interface ofthe junction for reaction to occur From the same graph, it is found that for higher concentrations of LPG, the recovery ... probably be due to the heavier nature of LPG and the reaction products are not leaving from the interface immediately after the reaction Fig Variation of response and recovery time ofthe heterojunction...
... experienced by the carriers in the bulk ofthe grain becomes comparable with the number of surface collisions because ofthe comparable dimension between the mean free path ofthe carriers and the very ... explained with the conventional space charge model One ofthe conceivable mechanisms is the adverse effect of adsorbed analytes on the mobility of free charge carriers The number of collision experienced ... respectively All of them display the positive response of increase in resistance except for thecaseof N2 injection with no discernable change, irrespective of reducing and oxidizing analyte gases Their...
... experienced by the carriers in the bulk ofthe grain becomes comparable with the number of surface collisions because ofthe comparable dimension between the mean free path ofthe carriers and the very ... explained with the conventional space charge model One ofthe conceivable mechanisms is the adverse effect of adsorbed analytes on the mobility of free charge carriers The number of collision experienced ... respectively All of them display the positive response of increase in resistance except for thecaseof N2 injection with no discernable change, irrespective of reducing and oxidizing analyte gases Their...
... zone that lies at the periphery ofthe grains is induced by the environment ofthe layer The equations retained in the numerical model for the calculation of conduction are • the Poisson’s equation ... for the response of metal oxide gas sensors [12–14] In these studies, the sensitive layers are mainly tin oxide The authors of these papers have based their works on a potential barrier (Vs) theory ... by the Langmuir theory ofthe adsorption–desorption balance The analysis ofthe gas sensor operation using a semiconductor metallic oxide thin layer can be simplified by considering the effect of...
... radiation The working pressure in the analysis chamber was maintained below × 10−7 Pa during the specimen analysis To eliminate the effect of sample surface charging the shift ofthe XPS peak of carbon ... observed in the XRD In general, the sensitivity ofthe sensor is affected by the operating temperature Fig shows the relationship between the gas sensitivity and the operating temperature of WO3 thin ... 3.2 Gas sensing properties ofthe thin film sensors Results and discussion 3.1 The XRD and XPS analyses ofthe thin films Fig shows the X-ray diffraction patterns ofthe films that were deposited...