A sensor having a sensor head including a unibody construction, a first electrode, and at least one second electrode is provided. The first electrode can include a first pair of sensing elements coupled to each over via at least one bridge element extending from a first sensing element to a second sensing element. The at least one second electrode can include a second pair of sensing elements interleaved with the first pair of sensing elements. The second pair of sensing elements can be coupled to each other via at least one second bridge element extending from a third sensing element to a fourth sensing element. A method of manufacturing the sensor is also provided.

An assembly made up of a sample vessel having at least one sample chamber for accommodating a sample, at least one electrically operated measuring sensor connected detachably or non-detachably to the sample vessel during the production of the sample vessel, and using which at least one in particular biological, chemical, and/or physical parameter of a sample located in the sample chamber is measurable, and at least two contact elements connected to the measuring sensor via electrical lines connected to the sample vessel, and made up of a measurement electronic unit for operating the measuring sensor and for wirelessly passing on measurement signals of the measuring sensor to a remote receiving unit, wherein the measurement electronic unit is detachably electrically connected to the two contact elements of the sample vessel and detachably fastened on the sample vessel, in particular by fastening one or the housing thereof on the sample vessel.

The invention relates to a probe for measuring the biomass content in a medium having a suspending fluid and cells. The probe has at least three electrodes, wherein two of the electrodes are configured as excitation electrodes for transmitting an excitation signal through a medium. Two of the electrodes are configured as signal electrodes for receiving an excitation signal that has passed through the medium. The or each signal electrode is located between the two excitation electrodes at a position where a high current density is generated. The probe can have two excitation electrodes and four signal electrodes. The signal electrodes are configured substantially in parallel and arranged in couples adjacent each other, at positions between the excitation electrodes. The signal electrodes are configured such that (i) a first couple of signal electrodes are arranged between the closest end points of the excitation electrodes at one side of the probe, and (ii) a second couple of signal electrodes are arranged between the closest end points of the excitation electrodes at the other side of the probe.

A stretchable capacitance sensor having multiple components for communicating signals to a data acquisition system for reconstructing an image of an area or object located in a subject being sensed, and for calculating the shape or conformity that it is in. The stretchable sensor consists of an inner layer of plates that provide the capacitance data, a middle layer of plates that provide the geometry-sensing data, and an outer layer of plates that serves as the shielding ground layer. The configuration of all three components can be variably changed to increase the capacitance data channels, increase or decrease flexibility and stretchability of the sensor, and increase the spatial resolution of the geometry sensing feature. The sensor is adapted to communicate signals to a data acquisition system for providing an image of the area or object between the capacitance plates.

According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first sensor part. The first sensor part includes a first counter electrode, a first movable electrode, a first layer, and a first intermediate layer. The first movable electrode is between the first counter electrode and the first layer. The first intermediate layer is between the first movable electrode and a portion of the first layer. A first gap is located between the first counter electrode and the first movable electrode. A distance between the first counter electrode and the first movable electrode changes according to a concentration of a gas around the first sensor part. The first layer includes a crystal. The first intermediate layer is amorphous, or a crystallinity of the first intermediate layer is less than a crystallinity of the first layer. A width of the first layer is greater than a width of the first intermediate layer.

A water detecting and ejecting sensor device includes a housing, a ceramic substrate, an integrated circuit and a sensor. The housing includes a cavity and the integrated circuit is disposed on a ceramic substrate. The sensor is disposed on the integrated circuit. The ceramic substrate includes one or more ports to expose the cavity to a surrounding environment, and each port includes at least two mesh layers.

A humidity sensor is provided. The humidity sensor includes a flexible substrate, a moisture absorption prevention layer covering the flexible substrate, a dielectric layer on the moisture absorption prevention layer, hydrophobic patterns on the dielectric layer, a first electrode between the moisture absorption prevention layer and the dielectric layer, and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode between the moisture absorption prevention layer and the dielectric layer. The first electrode has a thickness greater than that of the moisture absorption prevention layer.

A particulate matter sensor unit is configured to sense particulate matter included in exhaust gas of a vehicle. The particulate matter sensor unit includes: a sensing unit sensing the particulate matter in the exhaust gas; a holding unit including a plurality of holders covering an exterior of the sensing unit, a front outer surface of each holder being formed by a tapered inclination outer surface; a shell having a hollow portion therein so that the holding unit is inserted and fitted into the shell, an inclination inner surface being formed in the hollow portion to correspond to the inclination outer surface; a cap unit installed in front of the shell to cover a sensing body of the sensing unit and guiding a flow of the exhaust gas to go through the sensing body; and a cover fixed to a rear end of the shell to support the holding unit.

A method for in-situ measuring electrical properties of carbon nanotubes includes placing a first electrode in a chamber, wherein the first electrode defines a cavity. A growth substrate is suspend inside of the cavity, and a catalyst layer is located on the growth substrate. A measuring meter having a first terminal and a second terminal opposite to the first terminal is provided. The first terminal is electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second terminal is electrically connected to the growth substrate. A carbon source gas, a protective gas, and hydrogen are supplied to the cavity, to grow the carbon nanotubes on the catalyst layer. The electrical properties of the carbon nanotubes are obtained by the measuring meter.

A capacitance system having a capacitance sensor provides a high resolution Spatial-Adaptive Reconstruction Technique (SART) for use with Adaptive Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (AECVT). The system is adapted to analyze information provided by an image reconstruction of a first spatial region of an imaging domain of the sensor; provide control signals to the sensor to increase the resolution at a second spatial region of the imaging domain of the sensor based on the prior image reconstruction of the first spatial region; obtain image reconstruction information for the second spatial region of the imaging domain; and combine the image reconstruction information for the first spatial region and the second spatial region to obtain a combined image of the imaging domain.