NASA NTRS · 19950007424
Surface acoustic wave oxygen pressure sensor
Abstract
A transducer for the measurement of absolute gas-state oxygen pressure from pressures of less than 100 Pa to atmospheric pressure (1.01 x 10(exp 5) Pa) is based on a standard surface acoustic wave (SAW) device. The piezoelectric material of the SAW device is coated with a compound which will selectively and reversibly bind oxygen. When oxygen is bound by the coating, the mass of the coating increases by an amount equal to the mass of the bound oxygen. Such an increase in the mass of the coating causes a corresponding decrease in the resonant frequency of the SAW device.
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Oglesby, Donald M., Upchurch, Billy T., Leighty, Bradley D.. 1994-04-02. Surface acoustic wave oxygen pressure sensor. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950007424
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