A Highly Accurate Method for Measuring Response Time of MEMS Thermopiles

The response time is an important parameter for thermopiles sensors, which reflects the response speed of the device. The accurate measurement of response time is extremely important to evaluate device characteristics for using them in suitable scenarios. In this work, to accurately measure the resp...

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Published inMicromachines (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 10; p. 1717
Main Authors Xiang, Zeqing, Shi, Meng, Zhou, Na, Zhang, Chenchen, Ding, Xuefeng, Ni, Yue, Chen, Dapeng, Mao, Haiyang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 11.10.2022
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Summary:The response time is an important parameter for thermopiles sensors, which reflects the response speed of the device. The accurate measurement of response time is extremely important to evaluate device characteristics for using them in suitable scenarios. In this work, to accurately measure the response time of thermopile sensors, an Al microheater is integrated in a MEMS thermopile as an in situ heat source. Compared with the traditional chopper measurement method for response time, this approach avoids mechanical delay induced by chopper blades. Accordingly, based on this approach, the response time of the device is measured to be 6.9 ms, while that is 12.7 ms when a chopping system is used, demonstrating that an error of at least 5.8 ms is avoided. Such an approach is quite simple to realize and provides a novel route to accurately measure the response time.
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ISSN:2072-666X
2072-666X
DOI:10.3390/mi13101717