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Thin film electrochemical electrode and cell
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Inventors: Butler, James Francis;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Kaplan; G. L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Rogers, Bereskin & Parr
A thin film polarographic oxygen sensor, in which a number of thin film microcathodes are deposited in holes in a thin film layer of silicon dioxide formed on a silicon substrate. A single thin film anode layer is deposited on the insulating layer and is insulated thereby from the cathodes. Preferably the microcathodes and the anode are located in a well in the thin film insulating layer, the well being filled flush to its surface with electrolyte, and having a thin film polymer filter membrane deposited thereover. Contacts to the anode and cathodes may be punched through a thin film insulating layer on the back of the wafer, the cathode contact being thereby connected to the substrate, and the anode contact being insulated from the substrate by an encircling thin film layer of silicon dioxide and extending through to the anode metallization layer. With appropriate choice of electrode, electrolyte and membrane materials, the cell may also be used as a pH sensor, a CO.sub.2 sensor, a specific ion sensor, or to detect or sense other substances in solution. Single electrode units may also be formed by depositing thin film electrode materials on appropriate substrates. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
An electro-chemical cell comprising: a.
a conducting substrate having a first face having a first thin film insulating layer thereon, b.
said first insulating layer having a plurality of small holes therein, and a plurality of thin film microcathodes located in said holes, said microcathodes being electrically connected to said substrate, c.
a continuous thin film anode layer on said first insulating layer and surrounding said microcathodes, said anode layer being electrically insulated from said microcathodes and said substrate by said first insulating layer, d.
a cathode contact connected electrically to said substrate and thereby being electrically connected to said cathodes, e.
an anode contact electrically connected to said anode layer, f.
a layer of electrolyte located over said microcathodes and said anode layer and connecting the same, g.
and a membrane of selected permeability covering said electrolyte.
2.
An electro-chemical cell according to claim 1 wherein said substrate includes a second face opposite said first face and having a second insulating layer thereon, said second insulating layer having a cathode contact hole therein, said cathode being located in said cathode contact hole.
3.
An electro-chemical cell according to claim 2 wherein said second insulating layer, said substrate, and said first insulating layer include aligned holes therein extending through to said anode layer, said anode contact being located in said aligned holes, said hole in said conductive substrate having a wall of a thin film insulating material which insulates said anode contact against contact with said conductive substrate.
4.
An electro-chemical cell according to claim 3 wherein said conductive substrate is doped silicon, and said first and second insulating layers and said wall are all silicon dioxide.
5.
An electro-chemical cell according to claim 1 wherein said microcathodes are of gold, and said anode layer is of silver, said cell further including a layer of silver chloride on said anode layer, said membrane being a gas permeable membrane
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