A Complete Overview on Realizing Transfer-free Graphene-based Differential Pressure Sensor

Master Thesis (2019)
Authors

R. Ramesha (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Supervisors

Sten Vollebregt (TU Delft - Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)

Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Copyright
© 2019 Raghutham Ramesha
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Publication Year
2019
Language
English
Copyright
© 2019 Raghutham Ramesha
Graduation Date
20-09-2019
Awarding Institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Electrical Engineering
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Abstract

Graphene is an attractive material to be used for pressure sensors due to its thinness, electrical conductivity, and potential high gauge factor. One of the issues with processing graphene is the scalability, which is largely limited by the transfer process that is required for graphene deposited by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). In this work we employed a novel, transfer-free bulk-micromachining approach to realize graphene-based differential pressure sensors. The devices were successfully fabricated, and the samples were examined under Raman Spectroscopy, and electrically characterized. Further, pressure dependent measurements were performed for a dynamic range of 0 to 80 kPa of differential pressure and the corresponding change in resistance of the membrane was measured. The fabricated devices have a mean Gauge Factor of 2.80.

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