A micro multi-array sensor includes a substrate, a sensor electrode formed on the substrate, and a heater electrode formed on the substrate. The sensor electrode includes a first sensor electrode formed on the substrate and a second sensor electrode formed on an opposite surface of the substrate from the first sensor electrode. The heater electrode is disposed more adjacent to the first sensor electrode than the second sensor electrode.

A micro multi-array sensor includes a substrate, a sensor electrode formed on the substrate, and a heater electrode formed on the substrate. The sensor electrode includes a first sensor electrode formed on the substrate and a second sensor electrode formed on an opposite surface of the substrate from the first sensor electrode. The heater electrode is disposed more adjacent to the first sensor electrode than the second sensor electrode.

A thermoresistive gas sensor includes two identical, flat meshes that consist of a semiconductor material with a predetermined type of conductivity and that are interconnected in sections of an electric measuring bridge that are diametrically opposite one another, wherein each mesh of the two identical, flat meshes has mesh webs that extend parallel, adjacent to one another and that are connected electrically in parallel at the ends, where the mesh webs of the two meshes extend alternately adjacent to one another in a shared mesh plane horizontally across a window opening in a carrier plate.

The method for calculating concentration ratio includes: (a) heating a gas sensor element to a temperature at which both of two gas components introduced in a gas sensor element react, and maintaining the temperature for a predetermined period to measure an electrical resistance value of the gas sensor element; (b) heating the gas sensor element to a temperature at which only any of the two gas components reacts, and maintaining the temperature for a predetermined period to measure an electrical resistance value of the gas sensor element; and (c) calculating a concentration ratio of the two gas components based on a combination of the electrical resistance value in (a) and the electrical resistance value in (b).

A system for detecting an analyte gas in an environment includes a first gas sensor, a first contaminant sensor separate and spaced from the first gas sensor, and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first gas sensor to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first gas sensor. The electronic circuitry is further in electrical connection with the first contaminant sensor to measure a response of the first contaminant sensor over time. The measured response of the first contaminant sensor varies with an amount of one or more contaminants to which the system has been exposed in the environment over time.

A gas detection method according to an embodiment of the present technology includes heating a semiconductor sensor that includes an absorption layer that includes a metal oxide; measuring a resistance value of the semiconductor sensor in an air atmosphere in which there exists a reducing gas; and determining that the reducing gas includes a detection-target substance when the measured resistance value is larger than another resistance value in a first temperature range, and when the measured resistance value is smaller than the other resistance value in a second temperature range in which a temperature is higher than a temperature in the first temperature range, the other resistance value being a resistance value of the semiconductor sensor in an air atmosphere in which there exists no reducing gas.

A gas detection method according to an embodiment of the present technology includes heating a semiconductor sensor that includes an absorption layer that includes a metal oxide; measuring a resistance value of the semiconductor sensor in an air atmosphere in which there exists a reducing gas; and determining that the reducing gas includes a detection-target substance when the measured resistance value is larger than another resistance value in a first temperature range, and when the measured resistance value is smaller than the other resistance value in a second temperature range in which a temperature is higher than a temperature in the first temperature range, the other resistance value being a resistance value of the semiconductor sensor in an air atmosphere in which there exists no reducing gas.

Ultrasensitive, ultrathin thermodynamic sensing platforms for the detection of chemical compounds at trace levels are disclosed. Embodiments of the ultrathin sensor comprise substrate, adhesion, microheater, and catalyst layers. A sensor array may include a plurality of sensors each having a different catalyst. When a sensor array exposed to an analyte, each of the various sensors of the array may experience an endothermic reaction, an exothermic reaction, or no reaction. A comparison of the reaction results to data comprising previously-obtained reaction results may be used to determine information on the analyte. Advantageously, these ultrathin vapor sensors utilize less power and provide greater sensitivity, and may be used to detect and identify analytes at the PPT level. Specialized sensors configured to detect analytes falling into a certain category (e.g., explosives, drugs and narcotics, biomarkers, etc.) are disclosed, as well as general purpose sensors capable of detecting analytes from a plurality of categories.

An aerosol-generating device includes an electrical power supply, a cavity structure configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, and a plurality of semiconductor heaters within the cavity structure. Each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters includes a substrate layer and a heating layer on the substrate layer. The heating layer is a continuous layer. The aerosol-generating device includes a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply to each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters.

Provided are: a gas sensor which is able to have improved gas detection performance, while being capable of suppressing variation in the output characteristics among individual gas sensors; a gas detection device; a gas detection method; and a device which is provided with a gas sensor or a gas detection device. This gas detection device (10) is provided with: a heat sensitive resistive element (2); a lead part (22b) which is connected to the heat sensitive resistive element (2) by welding, while having no material being interposed therebetween; a gas sensor (1) which is thermally coupled to the heat sensitive resistive element (2), while comprising a porous gas molecule adsorption material (3) from which specific gas molecules are desorbed by means of heating; and an electric power supply unit which supplies electric power to the heat sensitive resistive element (2), thereby heating the heat sensitive resistive element (2).