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Cambridge CMOS sensors introduces the CCS800 product family of ultra-low power miniature gas sensors
5/23/2014 |
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Cambridge CMOS sensors announces the launch of the CCS800 product family of ultra-low power miniature gas sensors, enabling a new generation of environmental sensor solutions. The CCS800 product family can be used for detecting Ethanol (Alcohol) and hazardous gases such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) and a wide range of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) including Formaldehyde, and is supported in a ultra-compact SMD package.
Our patented CMOS MEMS Micro-hotplate technology provides a unique silicon platform for our CCS800 product family of gas sensors, enabling sensor miniaturisation, significantly lower power consumption, and ultra-fast stabilisation and response times.
The Micro-hotplates are suspended in a high reliability membrane and act as heater elements for a metal oxide (MOX) based sensing material. The material resistance will change due to reactions to selected gases and concentrations at temperatures typically between 200ºC to 400ºC. Through enabling very fast cycle times, advanced temperature modulation techniques can be used to ensure maximum sensitivity, stability and gas selectivity, and to minimise measurement times.
Traditionally, MOX gas sensors are big, expensive, high power consumption and suffer from the following limitations:
Cross Sensitivity - Non-specific and react to a multitude of gases
Drift - Baseline and sensitivity will vary from sensor to sensor and over time
Stabilisation - Time to reach a stable baseline is hours to days
To counter these limitations expensive and frequent calibration is normally required. In addition expensive filters are required to reduce cross sensitivity.
Through our unique technology, the CCS800 product family offers:
Outstanding Miniaturisation - 0.99mm x 2.0mm x 3.0mm SMD package as standard
Ultra-lower power - >95% reduction in power consumption vs traditional MOX gas sensors
Cross Sensitivity and Stabilisation - by enabling very fast cycle times, advanced temperature modulation techniques can be used to ensure maximum sensitivity and stability to a target gas, and minimise measurement times.
This enables the use of our gas sensors in application areas that have not been physically possible before now, such as, smartphones, tablets and wearable devices.
Paul Wilson, Product Marketing Director at Cambridge CMOS sensors said, "Sensors are the fastest growing area of innovation in Smartphones, tablets and accessories. The CCS800 product family is the world's smallest and lowest power MOX gas sensors. They enable compelling use cases for monitoring indoor air quality including Carbon Monoxide (CO) and a wide range of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), protecting you and your family from invisible danger"
Availability
The CCS800 product family is available in three variants, which are sampling now. |
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Related Exhibition:
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SENSOR+TEST 2014
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the Measurement Fair SENSOR+TEST
6/3/2014 - 6/5/2014
Venue: Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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