Trace Hydrogen (H2) Sensor Description Features The IDT SGAS701 is a solid-state chemiresistor sensor designed to detect hydrogen in air. The sensor uses an integrated heater with highly sensitive MOx material tailored for detection of hydrogen. The chemiresistor sensors of IDT's SGAS family are based upon the principle that metal oxide materials undergo surface interactions (physisorption and chemisorption) with gas molecules at elevated temperatures, resulting in a measurable change in electrical resistance. As these materials are polycrystalline (i.e., composed of multiple grains with distinct grain boundaries), the adsorbed gases have significant electronic effects on the individual grains. These gas-solid interactions result in a change in electron (or hole) density at the surface (i.e., a space charge forms), which in turn changes the electrical conductivity of the oxide. IDT has developed a set of nanostructured gas sensing materials with excellent sensitivity and stability. SGAS701 Datasheet High sensitivity to low hydrogen concentrations (<10 to 1000 ppm) Fast response time (<15 seconds at 100ppm) Environmental temperature range of -20C to 50C Environmental humidity range of 0% to 90% RH, noncondensing Low dependence on flow rate Rugged, reliable sensor based on IDT's exclusive technology Typical Applications Figure 1. Product Photo Leak Detection Gas Concentration Detection Breath Detection Available Support Evaluation Kit - SMOD701KITV1 Application Notes Instruction Videos Reference Design (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 1 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet Contents 1. Pin Assignments ...........................................................................................................................................................................................4 2. Pin Descriptions............................................................................................................................................................................................4 3. Sensor Specifications ...................................................................................................................................................................................4 4. Sensor Characteristics .................................................................................................................................................................................5 5. Basic Measurement Circuit...........................................................................................................................................................................6 6. Heater Driver Circuits and Control ................................................................................................................................................................7 6.1 Constant Voltage Drive........................................................................................................................................................................7 6.2 Constant Current Drive ........................................................................................................................................................................8 6.3 Pulse-Width Modulation.......................................................................................................................................................................8 6.4 Operating the Sensor at Temperature Extremes .................................................................................................................................9 7. Sensing Characteristics ..............................................................................................................................................................................10 7.1 Sensitivity ..........................................................................................................................................................................................10 7.2 Response and Recovery Time ..........................................................................................................................................................12 7.3 Cross-Sensitivity ................................................................................................................................................................................13 8. Maximum ESD Ratings ..............................................................................................................................................................................14 9. Mechanical Stress Testing .........................................................................................................................................................................14 10. Package Drawing and Dimensions .............................................................................................................................................................15 11. Applications and Use Conditions ................................................................................................................................................................16 12. Ordering Information...................................................................................................................................................................................16 13. Revision History..........................................................................................................................................................................................16 List of Figures Figure 1. Product Photo ......................................................................................................................................................................................1 Figure 2. Pin Assignments for SGAS701 - Top View .........................................................................................................................................4 Figure 3. Typical Sensor Response Characteristic .............................................................................................................................................6 Figure 4. Basic Measurement Circuit..................................................................................................................................................................6 Figure 5. Three-Terminal Voltage Regulator ......................................................................................................................................................7 Figure 6. Voltage-Controlled Constant Current Circuit .......................................................................................................................................8 Figure 7. Recommended Applied Heater Voltage as a Function of Environmental Temperature ......................................................................9 Figure 8. Typical Sensor Response to a Range of Hydrogen Concentrations in a Background of 30% RH at Room Temperature ................10 Figure 9. Typical Sensor Sensitivity to a Range of Hydrogen Concentrations in a Background of 30% RH at Room Temperature ................11 Figure 10. Typical Sensor Response to Step Changes in Hydrogen Concentration for Four SGAS701 Sensors ..............................................12 Figure 11. Typical Sensor Response to other Common Gases..........................................................................................................................13 Figure 12. TO-39 Package (TO4) Outline Drawing PSC-4676 ...........................................................................................................................15 (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 2 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet List of Tables Table 1. Pin Descriptions...................................................................................................................................................................................4 Table 2. Electrical Specifications .......................................................................................................................................................................4 Table 3. Temperature Specifications .................................................................................................................................................................5 Table 4. Maximum ESD Ratings .....................................................................................................................................................................14 Table 5. Mechanical Stress Test Conditions ...................................................................................................................................................14 (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 3 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 1. Pin Assignments Figure 2. Pin Assignments for SGAS701 - Top View Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 1 Pin 4 Tab 2. Pin Descriptions Table 1. Pin Descriptions Pin Number Name 1 Heater + Positive input for VH heater voltage supply 2 Sensor + High-side of resistive sensor element; positive input for sensing voltage VC 3 Heater - Negative (ground) input for VH heater voltage supply 4 Sensor - Low-side of resistive sensor element; connects to middle of resistor divider circuit to produce sensing voltage output (VOUT) 3. Description Sensor Specifications Note: All measurements were made in dry gas at room temperature. Specifications are subject to change. Table 2. Symbol Electrical Specifications Parameter Conditions Minimum Typical Maximum Units PH Heater power consumption VH = 5.4V 600 mW VH Recommended heater voltage TSENSOR = 240C 5.4 VDC RH Heater resistance At room temperature VC Recommended sensing voltage R10 R100 R50 / R100 32 2.5 5.0 VDC Resistance in 10ppm H2 30 3000 k Resistance in 100ppm H2 10 1000 k Resolution: Resistance in 50 ppm / Resistance in 100 ppm (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 28 30 > 1.2 4 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet Table 3. Temperature Specifications Symbol Parameter Conditions Minimum VH = 5.4V Typical Maximum Units TOP Sensor Operation Temperature 240 C TAMB Recommended Environmental Temperature Range -20 50 C TSTOR Maximum Storage Temperature Range -50 125 C The sensor is not intended for continuous operation above or below the environmental temperature specification, but exposure for short durations will not will not harm the sensor. 4. Sensor Characteristics IDT's solid-state chemiresistive sensors are an advanced type of gas-sensitive resistor; i.e. they sense the presence of a target gas through a change in resistance of the sensing element. Most sensors exhibit reduced resistance as gas concentration increases, typically over several orders of magnitude across the sensing range. Solid-state chemiresistive sensors show a reduced resistance with increasing gas concentration according to Equation 1: RS = A C - Equation 1 where RS is resistance, C is concentration, and A and are constants. Although several refined versions of this equation are available for specific sensors or sensing materials, the fundamental resistance versus concentration relationship for all of IDT's n-type sensors follows Equation 1. Taking the log of both sides of the equation results in Equation 2: log (RS ) = log(A) - log(C) Equation 2 This shows that log resistance versus log concentration is linear. An immediately observable consequence of Equation 1 is that sensor resistance will change rapidly at low concentrations and much less at high concentrations. This is illustrated in the following example: RGAS_10ppm = 20k RGAS_100ppm = 5k AGAS = 8.0 104 air = 0.602 The non-logarithmic response plot shown in Figure 3 illustrates the fundamental challenge that must be addressed when measuring the resistance of chemiresistor sensors and relating these measurements to gas concentrations. Additional nonlinear effects from the measurement circuitry exacerbate these challenges and must be understood in order to account for or eliminate these effects. (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 5 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet Figure 3. Typical Sensor Response Characteristic 1.2E+05 Sensor Signal [Ohm] 1.0E+05 8.0E+04 6.0E+04 4.0E+04 2.0E+04 0.0E+00 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Gas Concentration [ppm] The electronic instrumentation used to detect this change in resistance influences the quality and accuracy of the gas sensing result. In particular, the choice of the analog front-end used to measure resistance can ultimately have a significant effect on overall measurement characteristics and must be selected with care. For additional information, see IDT's Application Note - Resistance Measuring Circuits for SGAS Sensors. 5. Basic Measurement Circuit The sensor can be operated using a simple voltage divider. This requires two voltage supplies: the heater voltage (VH) and circuit voltage (VC). VH is applied to the heater in order to maintain a constant, elevated temperature for optimum sensing. VC is applied to allow a measurement of the output voltage (VOUT) across a load resistor (RL). Figure 4. Basic Measurement Circuit VC (Pin 1) VH RH (Pin 3) (Pin 2) RS Sensor VOUT (Pin 4) RL GND Pins 1 and 3 are attached to the heater. Apply VH across these pins. Pins 2 and 4 are attached to the resistive sensor element. Connect these pins in the measurement circuit. IDT supplies basic measurement circuitry for many of our sensors. More information can be found in IDT's Application Note - Resistance Measuring Circuits for SGAS Sensors. (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 6 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 6. Heater Driver Circuits and Control The SGAS701 sensor contains a resistive element that is used to heat the sensor to the target operating temperature as shown in Table 3. The SGAS701 sensor uses a thermistor heater element with a positive temperature coefficient, i.e. the heater resistance increases from the cold (room temperature) resistance as power is applied. This provides the opportunity for constant power and constant resistance (closely related to constant temperature) control of the heater. 6.1 Constant Voltage Drive The simplest method of applying heater power is the use of a constant voltage drive. Because heaters draw a relatively large amount of current in normal operation, a method of current amplification is required. Additionally, because relatively small changes in voltage levels will affect the temperature of the heater (and consequently gas sensitivity), voltage regulation is required. An easily implemented control circuit utilizes a three-terminal voltage regulator, with the LM317 serving as an example as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5. VSUPPLY Three-Terminal Voltage Regulator VHEATER LM317 R1 10F 0.1F R2 VHEATER = 1.25V (1 + R2/R1) + IADJ R2 R1 and R2 (one of these can be a potentiometer) are selected to provide the target heater drive voltage for the sensor. The example using the LM317 is capable of regulating voltages down to 1.25V and is thus suitable for SGAS701 sensors. However, a wide variety of more advanced three-terminal voltage regulators is available from component manufacturers. Constant voltage circuits of this type are relatively efficient, particularly if a switching regulator is used. Adding external control of the regulator output voltage with a current sensing resistor would allow feedback control of the sensor heater power and temperature, but the required circuitry is somewhat complex. Applications requiring feedback control are better implemented with the constant current circuit that is described in section 6.2. (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 7 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 6.2 Constant Current Drive The constant current drive is more complex and costly than the constant voltage drive, but the added capabilities justify the expense for many applications. Additionally, the circuit is "microcontroller friendly" because the heater current is directly controllable via an input voltage signal, and feedback control of the heater is possible through a simple measurement of the resultant voltage on the heater. The constant current heater drive circuit is shown in Figure 6. VIN (supplied by an external source) is forced across R1, thus providing a predictable current through both R1 and R2, with a predictable voltage drop (relative to VDD) across R2. An equivalent drop is imposed across R3, and current through both R3 and RHEATER is thus controlled independently of the load resistance according to the equation in Figure 6. The heater current is controllable to below 1mA. However, the circuit is inefficient compared to others, as power is dissipated in R3 and Q2 as well as the heater. Limiting the supply voltage to several hundred mV above the highest required drive voltage will help increase circuit efficiency. While VIN can be supplied by a fixed voltage reference (such as a divider), the flexibility of the circuit is most revealed when V IN is supplied by a microcontroller via a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). With this type of control, the heater drive can be time-programmed to allow pulsing of the heater with variable amplitude. Determination of the heater power or resistance is possible by reading the voltage level at the heater. Since the heater temperature directly correlates with heater resistance, direct feedback control of bulk heater temperature is possible by raising or lowering the heater current such that (VHEATER / IHEATER) is constant. Likewise, constant heater power can be maintained by controlling current to keep (VHEATER IHEATER) constant. Figure 6. Voltage-Controlled Constant Current Circuit R3 VDD R2 VIN U1b Q2 U1a Q1 R1 RHEATER iHEATER = VIN R2 / ( R1 R3 ) 6.3 Pulse-Width Modulation Pulse-width modulation (PWM) is a very efficient method of providing controllable drive to the heater. However, this method has not undergone sufficient testing at IDT to allow IDT to recommend it for any sensors in the SGAS family. PWM heater drive design should keep the following in mind: Voltage to the heater should not exceed the maximum voltage allowed for a given heater family. A low-pass filter should be considered as part of the sensor signal circuit path to reduce noise from the heater PWM. (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 8 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 6.4 Operating the Sensor at Temperature Extremes When this sensor is used outdoors, the relative response of the sensor to the target gases will be a function of environmental temperature when the sensor is operated with a constant voltage or current applied to the heater. This behavior is readily explained by considering that large shifts in ambient temperatures affect the operating temperature at the sensor surface, in turn altering the kinetics and thermodynamics of the interaction of the sensing surface with flammable gases. This alters the electrical conduction of the sensor element (the basis of metal-oxide sensor operation). Recommendation: In these cases, operate the sensor in a feedback loop, where constant resistance at the heater is maintained. For operation in ambient conditions above TAMB = 50C, additional compensation of the sensor signal may be required and should be developed by the user with the specific application and operating conditions in mind. A graphical representation of the recommended temperature set-point voltage versus environmental temperature is shown in Figure 7. The mathematical description for the curve is given in Equation 3: VH = -0.01 Environmental Temperature [C] + 5.5 Applied Heater Voltage [V] Figure 7. Equation 3 Recommended Applied Heater Voltage as a Function of Environmental Temperature 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Environmental Temperature [C] (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 9 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 7. Sensing Characteristics The following graphs show the typical responses that are to be expected from the sensors on exposure to a variety of test conditions. For SGAS701 sensor specifications, refer to Table 4. 7.1 Sensitivity The typical response and sensitivity of the SGAS701 sensor to hydrogen is shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9. Sensitivity is defined as the ratio between the resistance in air (RAir) and the resistance in gas (RGas). Figure 8. Typical Sensor Response to a Range of Hydrogen Concentrations in a Background of 30% RH at Room Temperature 1E+07 Sensor Signal [Ohm] 1E+06 Air 1E+05 Hydrogen 1E+04 1E+03 10 100 1000 Concentration [ppm] (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 10 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet Figure 9. Typical Sensor Sensitivity to a Range of Hydrogen Concentrations in a Background of 30% RH at Room Temperature Sensitivity [RAir/RGas] 1000 100 10 1 10 100 1000 Concentration [ppm] (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 11 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 7.2 Response and Recovery Time The typical response and recovery time of a sampling of seven SGAS701 sensors is shown in Figure 10. The response and recovery time can be strongly affected by the sensor location within the system, including any barriers to diffusion of gas to and from the sensor surface, and whether the sensor is operated with or without a pump or other source of external flow. Figure 10. Typical Sensor Response to Step Changes in Hydrogen Concentration for Four SGAS701 Sensors 1E+07 Sensor Signal [Ohm] Air 50ppm 100ppm 250ppm 490ppm Air 1E+06 1E+05 1E+04 1E+03 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Time [min] (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 12 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 7.3 Cross-Sensitivity The response of the SGAS701 sensors to a range of other common gases is shown in Figure 11. Figure 11. Typical Sensor Response to other Common Gases 1E+07 1E+06 Air Sensor Signal [Ohm] Acetone Ethanol Formaldehyde Isobutylene 1E+05 Octane R410a Toluene Xylenes 1E+04 1E+03 1 10 100 Concentration [ppm] (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 13 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 8. Maximum ESD Ratings Table 4. Maximum ESD Ratings Symbol Parameter Conditions Minimum Maximum Units VHBM1 Electrostatic Discharge Tolerance - Human Body Model (HBM1) 2000 - V VCDM Electrostatic Discharge Tolerance - Charged Device Model (CDM) on Packaged Module 500 - V 9. Mechanical Stress Testing The qualification of the SGAS701 is based on the JEDEC standard (JESD47). After subjection to the mechanical shock and vibration testing conditions given in Table 5 the SGAS701 sensor will meet the specifications given in this document. For information on constant acceleration test conditions and limits, contact IDT (see contact information on last page). Table 5. Mechanical Stress Test Conditions Stress Test Standard Conditions Mechanical Shock JESD22-B104, M2002 Y1 plane only, 5 pulses, 0.5 ms duration, 1500 g peak acceleration Vibration Variable Frequency JESD22-B103, M2007 20Hz to 2kHz (log variation) in > 4 minutes, 4 times in each orientation, 50g peak acceleration (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 14 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 10. Package Drawing and Dimensions Figure 12. TO-39 Package (TO4) Outline Drawing PSC-4676 (c) 2017 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. 15 November 16, 2017 SGAS701 Datasheet 11. Applications and Use Conditions The SGAS701 sensor is designed for gas leak detection and measurement of ppm levels of hydrogen. The sensor is not intended, recommended, or approved for use in safety or life protecting applications or in potentially explosive environments. IDT disclaims all liability for such use. 12. Ordering Information Orderable Part Number Package MSL Rating Shipping Packaging Temperature 1 Tray -20C to 50C SGAS701 4-pin TO-39 (TO4) SMOD701KITV1 SMOD701 Evaluation Kit, including the SMOD701 Smart Sensing Module (includes the SGAS701 sensor), mini-USB cable, and wall-mounted 9V power supply. The SMOD7xx Application Software is available for download at www.idt.com/SMOD701. 13. Revision History Revision Date Description of Change November 16, 2016 Minor correction. October 25, 2017 Full revision. November 9, 2016 Initial release with IDT branding. 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