Ultrasensitive strain sensor enhanced by Bonded Light Emitting Diodes

Thanh Nguyen, Toan Dinh, Van Thanh Dau, Abu Riduan Md Foisal, Hung Nguyen, Hieu Vu, Tuan Anh Pham, Canh-Dung Tran, Tuan-Khoa Nguyen, Hoang-Phuong Phan, Nam-Trung Nguyen, Dzung Viet Dao

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Abstract

Herein we report a strain sensor with SiC/Si heterostructure exhibiting performance enhanced toward ultra-sensitivity using a bonded pico-light-emitting-diode. First, a cantilever with SiC/Si heterostructure is fabricated, followed by bonding a pico-LED on the top of the cantilever. The lateral photovoltage and photocurrent, then, are investigated under different LED supply voltages. The lateral photovoltage and photocurrent are as high as 7.9 mV and 19.06 A, respectively, as the bonded LED is powered by a supply voltage of 6V. Finally, the performance of the strain sensor was investigated. When the bonded LED is OFF, the gauge factor (GF) of the strain sensor is 20.5. This GF significantly increases to 18, 000 when the bonded LED is ON, which is thousand-time modulation. In other word, the strain sensor with bonded LED has ultra-high sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728195018
ISBN (Print)9781728195025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021 - Virtual, Online, Australia
Duration: 31 Oct 20214 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume2021-October
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference20th IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityVirtual, Online
Period31/10/214/11/21

Keywords

  • Light Emitting Diodes
  • piezoresistive effect
  • strain sensor

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