Dual gate FET hydrogen gas sensor

We developed a dual gate FET hydrogen gas sensor for application to hydrogen vehicles. The dual gate FET hydrogen sensor was integrated with Pt-gate FET to detect hydrogen and Ti-gate FET as the reference sensor in the same Si chip. Ti-gate FET has the same structure as Pt-FET except for the gate metal. The Pt-FET showed good response to hydrogen gas above 10 ppm in air, while the Ti-FET did not show any response to hydrogen gas. The differential output voltage between the Pt-FET and the Ti-FET was stable in the range of room temperature to 80°C because of the same temperature dependence of the I–V characteristic.