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Sensors, Thin Films, Electrodes

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Over the last ten years, a spectacular breakthrough has been observed in the microprocessor industry. This development was initially aimed to achieve better control of industrial processes and is now being applied on a large scale in the fields of domestic appliances, safety systems, automobiles. Therefore, it looks attractive to make a survey of existing technologies which are used in sensor manufacture and to identify the R & D efforts which have to be made in order to satisfy the future market demand.

In each case the problems to be solved are:

  • the reliability of the sensor output

  • the non-linearity of the signal

  • the inter-dependence of different parameters in multivariant systems (e.g. the effect of the temperature)

  • the stability of the sensor (need for calibration, reference and standards)

  • the resistance to the environment (corrosion, passivation, etc.)

Thick and thin film technologies are currently involved in the manufacture of sensors. The future demand for sensors of high reliability will require a significant multidisciplinary R & D effort. Following a recent evaluation, the size of the existing market is in the range of 500 mio $. Priority has to be given to the development of optical devices.

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de Pous, O. (1984). Sensors, Thin Films, Electrodes. In: Kröckel, H., Merz, M., Van Der Biest, O. (eds) Ceramics in Advanced Energy Technologies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6424-2_23

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