Synkera Technologies announces the launch of a new family of sensors based on technology from specialist sensor materials developer Atmospheric Sensors
Synkera and Atmospheric Sensors had signed an agreement in January to work together in making innovations to metal oxide sensors that are currently not available in the marketplace.
This line of sensors is the first development as a result of this working arrangement.
The first product in this sensor family is a high-performance sensor for measuring NO2 that offers high sensitivity over a wide range of concentrations of the gas in air combined with a high stability and low response to humidity.
During the 1990s, it was recognised that a step-function improvement in performance of metal oxide sensors could be achieved by deploying alternative, purpose-designed materials.
As yet, however, the potential of alternative materials has only been exploited to a limited degree in the marketplace, and hence only a limited range of markets have been addressed.
The metal oxide materials developed by ASL exploit the wide range of response characteristics offered by new materials in an unprecedented fashion, providing high sensitivity and selectivity with devices which are robust and straightforward to use.
Other metal oxide sensors on the market today for NO2 or NOx measurement are usually restricted in the range of concentration where they are useful due to saturation effects.
The Synkera/ASL product will tolerate a wide range of temperature, pressure and humidity levels in addition to the usual rugged performance of a metal oxide sensor.
The sensor also shows excellent performance in detecting gas concentrations from 0 to over 200ppm.
Existing NO2 sensors in the market today do not cover such an extensive range.
This sensor shows good selectivity and virtually no response to ammonia or carbon monoxide.
The new NO2 sensor is expected to have many new market applications.
Examples include measurement of exhaust levels in parking garages, and NO2 measurement in certain automotive applications and combustion control applications.
All applications where NO2 measurements are currently too expensive or lack required selectivity could benefit from the use of this sensor.
Synkera will manufacture this sensor and provide it in an industry-recognised TO-39 header package under the Synkera brand as P/N 718.
