CN103765203B - The manufacturing method of sensor element - Google Patents

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CN103765203B
CN103765203B CN201280042715.2A CN201280042715A CN103765203B CN 103765203 B CN103765203 B CN 103765203B CN 201280042715 A CN201280042715 A CN 201280042715A CN 103765203 B CN103765203 B CN 103765203B
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The present invention relates to a kind of sensor elements(10)Manufacturing method, the sensor element for detect be located at measurement space in gas at least one performance, in particular for the gas componant or the temperature of gas in probe gas.It the described method comprises the following steps:The solid electrolyte being sintered is provided(12), in the solid electrolyte(12)Thereon or middle arrangement heating element(18)It is heat-treated the solid electrolyte together(12)And heating element(18).

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The manufacturing method of sensor element
Background technology
It is first for obtaining the multiple sensors of at least one performance of gas in measurement gas space from known in the art Part and method.Here, the performance of gas refers to any physical and/or chemical property of gas, one of which or more in principle Kind performance can be acquired.Hereinafter, the quality and/or number of explanation of the invention more particularly to the gas componant of acquisition gas Amount, and in particular to obtain oxygen content in gas.Oxygen content may, for example, be the form of partial pressure and/or the shape of percentage composition Formula.However, alternatively, or additionally, other performances of gas can also be obtained.
For example, this sensor element may be designed as so-called lambda probe, such as from Konrad Reif(Hrsg.):Sensoren Im kraftfahrzeug, 2010 the 1st edition, known to the 160-165 pages.It is wide in particular with plane using broadband lambda probe It for example can determine the oxygen concentration in big zone gas with lambda probe, thus derive the air-fuel ratio in combustion chamber, this A air-fuel ratio is with representing air coefficient.
From especially ceramic sensor element known in the art, the basis of the ceramic sensor element is using electrolysis The ion transmission performance of solid known to matter performance, i.e. this solid.Particularly, these solids refer to ceramiic solid electrolyte, Such as zirconium oxide(ZrO2), especially yttrium stablize zirconium oxide(yttriumstabilisiertes Zirkoniumdioxid (YSZ))And/or zirconium oxide containing scandium(scandiumdotiertes Zirkoniumdioxid(ScSZ)), they can contain oxidation Aluminium(Al2O3)And/or silica(SiO2)Etc. a small amount of additive.
According to the measuring principle of lambda probe, lambda probe must generally be first heated to its running temperature, because of solid electrolytic Matter ability conduction oxonium ion when higher than 350 DEG C of temperature.In the range of the running temperature is usually located at from 600 DEG C to 900 DEG C.
Thus lambda probe usually has heating element, for heating the solid electrolyte and electrode.This heating element leads to Often installation(Such as it bonds or presses)In soft fluffy state(Or Garuda formula state, Gr ü nlingszustand), i.e., do not burn In the solid electrolyte of knot state or on solid electrolyte layer.Then, the solid electrolyte and the heating being disposed thereon Element is sintered together, to ensure the lasting reliability of heating element on the solid electrolyte.
Motorcycle is all applied widely in Asian countries.These countries have formulated apparent more strict in recent years Laws and regulations about motor-vehicle tail-gas.This causes to increase to the demand of sensor element, is based especially on the λ of Chemical Measurement Probe, these sensor elements are used to adjust the mixture of the internal combustion engine of these motorcycles.But to cyclecar(Such as motor Vehicle)The requirement of lambda probe differs markedly from the requirement to the lambda probe of automobile.Particularly, the automobile-used sensor of equipment of small motor Element must also meet at low cost, the small requirement of structure.But different components(Such as solid electrolyte, sensor body or electricity Cable exports)Temperature capacity and automobile sensor it is at least almost equally high, this is because cyclecar is normal Often using the engine options of low cost, this engine combustion is insufficient, thus causes working efficiency not high.Therefore, in order to Engine is made to reach full load operating status during very long operation, sensor element will be exposed to quite high exhaust gas temperature In degree.
It is automobile in motor vehicle, even in the situation of commerial vehicle, the lambda probe of automobile-use has bigger heating Element, the consumption power of this heating element are also very big.But applied in the case of this lambda probe is used low resistance, High-power heater is not suitable for cyclecar due to structure is too big, also as the reason of extra cost and be not suitable for Effective heat dissipation of efficient heater output stage and the controller of failure.
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Therefore, the present invention provides a kind of sensor element and its manufacturing method, and the sensor element is used to obtain gas At least one performance of gas in space, the temperature of the ingredient of gas or acquisition gas especially in probe gas, the biography Sensor component is all more compact-sized than hitherto known automobile sensor element, is particularly suitable for cyclecar, especially two Take turns vehicle, such as motorcycle.
The method of this sensor element of manufacture of the present invention includes the following steps, is preferably held with the order being set forth below Row:
The solid electrolyte being sintered is provided;
On the solid electrolyte or wherein arrange heating element;With
It is heat-treated the solid electrolyte and heating element together.
The heating element can be arranged on the solid electrolyte or wherein in un-sintered state, and the heat Processing can be sintering.The solid electrolyte can have insulating layer, and the heating element is arranged on the insulating layer, described Heating element can apply a layer insulating or protection glaze before sintering.The coefficient of thermal expansion of the insulating layer of the solid electrolyte It can deviate the coefficient of thermal expansion maximum 10% of the insulating layer of the heating element, preferably at most 5% and particularly preferred maximum 2%, such as 1%.The thickness of the insulating layer of the solid electrolyte can be from 2 μm to 100 μm, preferably from 5 μm to 75 μm and particularly preferably from 10 μm to 50 μm.The methods of heating element can be by pressing, winding, brushing or smearing is arranged on the solid electrolyte Or wherein.The heating element can also be arranged on the solid electrolyte or wherein in sintering state, and the heat Processing can be annealing.The methods of heating element can be by bonding or being mechanically connected, especially squeeze is arranged in described solid On body electrolyte or wherein.The heating element heat safe material can be used to connect with the solid electrolyte, especially make With glass ceramics, vitrified bonding or glass frit connection.It is used herein binding agent and connects the heating element and solid electricity Xie Zhi, the binding agent is by brushing, smearing, pressing, splash or is used as applique and is applied on the solid electrolyte.It is described viscous The thickness of knot agent can be from 2 μm to 300 μm, preferably from 5 μm to 250 μm and particularly preferably from 10 μm to 200 μm.
The sensor element can have length maximum value 55mm, preferred maximum 45mm and particularly preferred maximum value 40mm, width maximum value 8mm, preferred maximum 7mm and particularly preferred maximum value 6mm, such as the sensor element have length Spend 35mm and width 4mm.The heating element has from 6 to 22 ohm of cold conditions all-in resistance and cold preferably from 8 to 20 ohm State all-in resistance.The heating element is electrical heating elements, and in working voltage 13V, the electrical heating elements have maximum consumption Power maximum value 5W, preferred maximum 4W and particularly preferred maximum value 3.5W, such as 4W.
" solid electrolyte " is interpreted as the object with electrolyte performance or substance namely tool within the scope of the invention There are the object or substance of ionic conduction performance.Particularly, " solid electrolyte " refers to ceramiic solid electrolyte.Particularly, it is described Solid electrolyte is configured to solid electrolyte layer or is made of multiple solid electrolyte layers, and " layer " within the scope of the invention should Same substance is interpreted as from planar expansion certain altitude, it is located on another element, under or it is intermediate.
" electrode " is generally understood that a kind of following element within the scope of this invention, it contacts the solid electrolyte, Electric current can pass vertically through the solid electrolyte and electrode.Correspondingly, the electrode includes following element, in the element On, ion is introduced in the solid electrolyte and/or is removed from the solid electrolyte.Typically, the electrode includes Noble metal electrode, for example, may be mounted on the solid electrolyte as metal-ceramic electrode or in other manners with institute Solid electrolyte is stated to be connected.Typical electrode material is platinum-gold category ceramic electrode.However other can also be used expensive in principle Metal, such as gold and/or palladium.
" heating element " is generally understood that one kind is used to add the solid electrolyte and electrode in the scope of the present invention Heat arrives the element of operating temperature.The heating element can have lead areas and heating region.A typically at least electrode arrangement On the solid electrolyte or wherein.The heating element herein or by solid electrolyte, solid electrolyte layer or The additional insulating materials of person's electrode separates." heating region of heating element " is being interpreted as the heating element with the electricity Pole equitant region on the direction towards this layer of structure.Thus, for example in the case of lambda probe is planar structure, institute It states and overlaps along can be seen on the direction of planar structure.The heating region is normally at the solid electricity herein In the end regions for solving matter." lead areas " be interpreted as the heating element for solid electrolyte and electrode will to be heated Energy transmission is to the region in the heating region.
" cold-state resistance " is interpreted as the resistance surveyed at 20 DEG C within the scope of this invention.It is defined according to this, always The cold conditions all-in resistance of the resistance of heating element is interpreted as the summation of the resistance of heating region and the resistance of lead areas.
" insulating layer " is interpreted as a kind of electric insulation layer within the scope of the invention.This insulating layer generally includes aluminium oxide (Aluminiumoxid), silicon carbide (SiC), aluminium nitride (AlN), magnesia (MgO), barium talcum(Bariumsteatit), it is sliding Stone, cordierite(Cordierit)Or other commercial common ceramic insulating materials.
" protection glaze " is interpreted as a kind of glaze containing aluminium, silicon and/or barium within the scope of the invention, for making a structure Part is not corroded by external action, such as thermal stress, mechanism or voltage.
" coefficient of thermal expansion " is interpreted as describing within the scope of the invention the measured value of the material in temperature change therewith The characteristic value of the material property of variation.Particularly, the coefficient of thermal expansion should be particularly understood that the relative volume expansion dV/ of solid V(That is the ratio between volume change and initial volume)The ratio between with temperature variation dT, thus the list of coefficient of thermal expansion this characteristic value Position is 1/K.
" heat-resisting material " is interpreted as the state of such material, i.e. material, especially polymerization state in temperature, such as Temperature in internal-combustion engine vent-pipe does not change at a temperature of that is, up to 1000 DEG C.Particularly, even if this material is in this way At a high temperature of also keep form stable, do not start to flow and/or melt or chemically react.Particularly, this material example Glass ceramics, vitrified bonding or glass frit in this way.Term " melt(Fritte)" be interpreted as glass or ceramics fusing when Intermediate products.The glass frit is for example made up of the surface melting of glass powder, and wherein glass particle is bonded in one It rises.The powder and made material are referred to as melt.In some manufacturing methods, made material is additionally quenched, Form porous material.Finally, easily powder is made by grinding in the material of the quenching, these powder are also referred to as melt.
" platinum metal race " refers to the general definition according to chemistry subject within the scope of the invention, the 8 to 10 of the 5th period Race's element, i.e., light platinum ruthenium (Ru), rhodium(Rh), palladium(Pd)And the 6th period, i.e. heavy platinum osmium(Os), iridium(Ir)、 Platinum(Pt).
Within the scope of the invention, a kind of method that " sintering " is interpreted as manufacture material and/workpiece, in this method In, fine grain ceramic material is heated to the temperature less than its fusion temperature under the pressure of raising mostly.In sintering, greatly Partial particulate shape or dusty material mixing, are then connected with each other by heating.With it is pure fusing on the contrary, herein without or at least Not all original material all melts.Therefore, sintering is a kind of method to hold its shape.Powder batch is initially formed as it is expected Workpiece shapes, realization method here then dried by compressing powder blank or forming.The powder must be provided herein At least one coupling of last particle.If not providing this coupling, bonding agent must be used.It is this so-called fluffy(Grü nling)Heat treatment and hardening when saving less than fusion temperature.The present invention technical area in, be sintered from 900 DEG C to It is performed at a temperature of 1400 DEG C.
Within the scope of the invention, " annealing " is interpreted as the temperature that solid is heated to below its fusion temperature.This It may take a long time to complete, such as many hours.By improving the service ability of molecular solids, make fault of construction Reach balanced, and then improved the far and near sequence of crystal structure.The molten of adjustment crystal structure can be avoided in this way Change and cooling means.In the technical area of the present invention, annealing can in the temperature of 1000 DEG C of highest, preferably from 400 DEG C to It is carried out at a temperature of 800 DEG C.
The present invention is suitable for various internal combustion engines in principle, and the internal combustion engine is used to obtain engine exhaust gas at least one At least one performance ceramic sensor element, especially at least a lambda probe and/or at least one NOx sensor and/or At least one HC sensors, wherein the ceramic sensor element has at least one heating element, for being passed to the ceramics Sensor component is heated.Particularly, the internal combustion engine may include Otto engine and/or Di Saier engines.Alternatively or Additionally, the internal combustion engine further includes hybrid drive, such as with an Otto engine and/or an at least Tai Disaier Engine and an other at least motor.
The ceramic sensor element especially lambda probe or including lambda probe.The lambda probe can for example be embodied as finger-type spy Needle or plane lambda probe, thus it is embodied as the lambda probe for example with layer shape structure.For example, the ceramic sensor element can be real Apply into spring probe and/or broadband lambda probe.Alternatively or additionally, the ceramic sensor element may also comprise at least one Other kinds of ceramic sensor element, such as NOx sensor.
The ceramic sensor element may include at least one electrochemical cell." electrochemical cell " is in the scope of the present invention Inside it is understood to include the element of at least two electrodes and at least one solid electrolyte being connected with electrode.The ceramics pass The temperature of sensor component can for example be determined by determining the interior resistance of electrochemical cell.For having the ceramics of this special battery of energy Sensor element, the temperature of the ceramic sensor element are for example obtained by determining the interior resistance of this special battery of the energy.
The energy supply of the heating of the ceramic sensor element and/or the heating element can utilize power supply to realize, institute It is, for example, the accumulator in automobile to state power supply.
Difference between manufacturing method according to the invention and method well known in the prior art is following characteristics:Such as profit Using stencil, heater structure are pressed, wind, brush or are applied in the ceramic bases being sintered, such as the sensing of exhaust gas probe Device element;Stablize the heating using the ink with platinum or platinum compounds or paste as electrical lead and high temperature liner part Device structure and then one layer of thin oxide insulating layer of coating or protection glaze, such as aluminium, silicon and/or barium ingredient, Yi Jijie The method and step for penetrating the heater structure and protection glaze.Alternatively, the sensor element also can be by will be prefabricated Heating element bonding be mechanically connected on prefabricated sintering solid electrolyte ontology or wherein come made of.Example can be envisaged in this It is such as heat-treated together with solid electrolyte by part or local bonding heat-resisting material, the heat-resisting material is, for example, Glass ceramics, vitrified bonding or glass frit.It is installed together and leads to by the heating element and solid electrolyte ontology Overshoot and convection current carry out heat and transmit to ensure that the connection is lasting.By using heating element, preferably aoxidized with base material Aluminium, silicon carbide, aluminium nitride, barium talcum, talcum, cordierite or other common ceramic insulating materials are formed, these materials are resistance to High temperature.It is possible using the heating element with heat safe heat lead material, the heat lead material is, for example, Platinum, rhodium, palladium, gold, chromium, tungsten, molybdenum or corresponding alloy.
The heating element can especially realize the platinum metal race structure for sintering be sintered together or additional in principle. Particularly, the heating element is weak heating element, for for example during spinning reconcile cold operation state, have maximum value 5W Consumption performance number, but the often greater than 7W in the lambda probe for using automobile-use.The turn-on current of the heating element is no more than 2A, to keep the low requirement to the controller of sensor element.For the automobile-used exhaust gas probe of equipment of small motor, the spy Needle bounce action at least need with 30 seconds, this is the situation not broken down because major part pollutant be not herein What the incipient stage generated, but generated in corresponding driving cycle.Because of the high thermic load of hot waste gas, it is in full load 1000 DEG C are up to about during operation, so the structure of the heating element needs the metal using platinum metal race.The heating unit Part is especially made of platinum-gold category ceramics, and can correspond to the material composition of the prior art, but the heating element of the present invention has High temperature liner part and thin indentation structure and pin configuration, total cold-state resistance are from 8 ohm to 20 ohm.Heating power Design meet in intrinsic heating in colder environment temperature, i.e., from -40 DEG C to -20 DEG C, sensor element temperature reaches 750 DEG C of maximum value.
Particularly, the present invention provides a kind of sensor element, with maximum length 35m and maximum width 4mm, and has There is an integrated heating element, the heating element is at 20 DEG C with the minimum cold-state resistance from 8 to 20 ohm and in operation electricity Consumption power with 5W when pressing as 13V.As a result, in the present invention, the heating element, which is installed to, has manufactured completion, i.e., On the solid electrolyte ontology being sintered, the heating element of different designs may be arranged on this solid electrolyte ontology.At this Under kind situation particularly advantageously, the heating element has manufactured completion in itself, that is, has been sintered, so as to different heating units Any combinations of part can be arranged on such solid electrolyte ontology.
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The other details and feature of the present invention are obtained from the description below for the preferred embodiment being shown schematically in the figure, In:
The cross-sectional view of the heating element of the sensor element of Fig. 1 first embodiments;
The cross-sectional view of the heating element of the sensor element of Fig. 2 second embodiments;
The cross-sectional view of the heating element of the sensor element of Fig. 3 3rd embodiments.
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Fig. 1 shows the cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of inventive sensor element 10.Sensor element 10 shown in FIG. 1 Available for the physically and/or chemically performance of probe gas, wherein one or more performances can be obtained.The present invention is hereinafter especially It is related to obtaining the oxygen content in the quality of the gas componant of gas and/or quantity more particularly to acquisition gas.The oxygen contains Amount can be the form of such as partial pressure and/or the form of percentage composition.However, can obtain in principle different types of gas into Point, such as nitrogen, hydrocarbon and/or hydrogen.However, alternatively, or additionally, the other performance of gas can also be obtained.This Invention is particularly suitable for automotive field, specifically, cyclecar field, such as motorcycle, thus measure gas space Between refer in particular to motorcycle internal combustion engine flue gas leading, gas refers in particular to exhaust gas.
Sensor element 10 is described as the typical members of plane lambda probe, but is not limited to such lambda probe, but It may be embodied as finger-type probe.Because this lambda probe has compact structure form, suitable for cyclecar, sensor member The size of part 10 is such as length, i.e., along the measured value of Fig. 1 observed directions, maximum 50mm, preferably at most 45mm and especially In preferably at most 40mm and width, i.e. Fig. 1 from right to left or opposite measured value, maximum 10mm, preferably at most 8mm and spy Not preferably at most 6mm.In example shown in Fig. 1, the size of sensor element 10 is, for example, length 35mm and width 4mm.Therefore, the cross-sectional view when view of Fig. 1 is perpendicular to the longitudinal 2 observation of sensor 10.
There is sensor element 10 solid electrolyte 12, first electrode 14, second electrode 16, heating element 18 and reference to lead to The zirconium oxide that road 20, wherein solid electrolyte 12 are stablized containing yttrium, such as the yttrium oxide containing 6 to 10% weight.In lambda probe During situation, the reference sample of suction is suitable for the cyclecar to break down, therefore in the example shown, preferably with air Probe that is reference sample and accordingly being influenced on small heating power requirements generation is arranged.In cyclecar exhaust gas probe situation In do not need to high heating power.The detail of the consumption power about heating element 18 is discussed in detail below.
Heating element 18 is provided for heating electrode 14,16 and solid electrolyte 12.Electrode 14,16 passes through solid electrolytic Matter 12 is connected with each other and may make up can this special battery and/or electrochemical cell.It may also set up other functional layers, such as other electricity Pole, ribbon lead, diffusion battery, diffusion interspace, other heating elements and/or oxygen-pump battery.These functional layers can be built Or it is integrated into solid electrolyte 12.Optionally this special battery of energy is preferably provided in solid electrolyte layer, to measure burning Thus remnant oxygen content in exhaust gas adjusts combustion air with fuel ratio fully to burn, neither makes fuel excess nor make Air excess.
First insulating layer 22 be located at solid electrolyte 12 on the side of first electrode 14, its thickness be from 2 μm to 100 μm, preferably from 5 μm to 75 μm and particularly preferably from 10 μm to 50 μm.For example, the thickness of the first insulating layer 22 is 30 μm.The One insulating layer 22 is with main member made of aluminium oxide.However, alternatively, or additionally, carbon can also be used in the first insulating layer 22 SiClx, aluminium nitride, barium talcum, talcum or cordierite.Heating element 18 is arranged on the first insulating layer 22.Heating element 18 is by Two insulating layers 24 or the covering of protection glaze or coating second insulating layer 24 or protection glaze, so as to which heating element 18 is embedded into first absolutely Between edge layer 22 and second insulating layer 24.For the symmetrical of the heating element 18 between the first insulating layer 22 and second insulating layer 24 Arrangement, second insulating layer 24 have the thickness identical with the first insulating layer 22.However, it is understood that the first insulating layer 22 and second is exhausted Edge layer 24 can have different thickness.The modification of thickness for example may rely on installation site or specific application field.
When manufacturing sensor element 10, solid electrolyte 12 should be made to be in soft fluffy state, i.e. un-sintered state, with known Mode for example, by thick-layer technology and/or film lamination and/or method for printing screen and/or spray method, function is set Layer, especially electrode 14,16 and reference channel 20, but may also set up the first insulating layer 22.The application thickness of first insulating layer 22 It is to make the first insulating layer 22 that there is above-mentioned thickness after sintering, i.e., there is 30 μm of thickness after sintering.First insulating layer 22 The methods of by pressing, winding, brushing or smearing be applied to as described on solid electrolyte.Particularly, first insulating layer 22 Make is that its coefficient of thermal expansion is made to be retrodeviated in following heat treatments from the second insulating layer maximum 10% applied later, preferably Maximum 5% and particularly preferably maximum 2%, such as 1%.The adjustment of each coefficient of thermal expansion herein can be by adding silica, oxidation Calcium, magnesia, barium monoxide or other metal oxides are realized.Be also possible to and advantageously, by be suitably introduced into porosity with The elasticity modulus of the first insulating layer 22 is made to adapt to the elasticity modulus of second insulating layer 24.The porosity is here by adding in Infusion is adjusted, and the foaming agent is usually made of carbon-based material.These foaming agents sintering when volatilize or burn-up, preferably without It residually volatilizees or burns up, leave cavity.Solid electrolyte 12 then with electrode 14,16,20 and first insulating layer of reference channel 22 are sintered together.The sintering for example can carry out many hours at a temperature of from 900 DEG C to 1400 DEG C.
Manufactured completion, that is, the solid electrolyte 12 being sintered together with the electrode 14 having been arranged at thereon, 16, The reference channel 20 of introducing and the first insulating layer 22 applied are suitable for step arrangement heating element 18 according to the methods below.At this In, heating element is pressed, wound, brushed or is applied on the first insulating layer 22 of the solid electrolyte 12 being sintered, such as Prefabricated applique is embodied as by paste or ink or by transfer technique.Heating element 18 is preferably by platinum metal race Metal is made, such as platinum, rhodium, palladium, gold or other transition metal, such as chromium, tungsten or molybdenum or their alloy.Particularly, The geometry of the heating element 18 of solid electrolyte 12 adapts to installation requirement.Particularly, should make when designing heating element 18 Input electric power mainly in heating region, i.e., in the region of the measuring unit of sensor element 10, is converted.Measuring unit exists Here it is the region of heating element 18, it overlaps with electrode 14,16, this can pass through the corresponding arrangement of the resistance of heating element 18 It realizes, wherein, in measured zone, i.e., such as 8 ohm to 20 ohm of resistance, such as 10 Europe are set in the region of measuring unit The resistance of nurse, and resistance of the setting from 1 ohm to 3 ohm in lead areas.Its realization method is, for example, that calandria exists Than having smaller cross section in lead areas in heating region.Heating element 18 then applies second insulating layer 24 or protection Glaze, second insulating layer 24 or protection glaze can equally be applied for paste or ink or prefabricated applique.Then drying process is performed Hereafter it can manage it heat treatment, such as perform sintering circuit again, such as stop at a temperature of from 900 DEG C to 1250 DEG C many small When.Second insulating layer 24 or protection glaze are herein since the similar material of the first insulating layer 22 is made, but because second insulating layer 24 or the ingredient of glaze is protected to be combined in low temperature with heating element 18, second insulating layer 24 or glaze is protected to be baked and enduringly It is pasted onto on the first insulating layer 22.First insulating layer 22 and second insulating layer 24 are preferably thinly implemented with so-called thickness, and And with the material of such as aluminium oxide(The material is not only electrically insulated, but also with high thermal conductivity)It is made.
Fig. 2 shows the cross-sectional view of sensor element 10 according to second embodiment, below only description and first embodiment Difference, wherein identical component is presented with like reference characters.
Sensor element 10 equally has solid electrolyte 12, wherein, heating element 18 is arranged in solid electrolyte 12 On the side opposed with first electrode 14.Particularly, heating element 18 is embedded into insulating layer 22, and secured using binding agent 26 Ground is arranged on solid electrolyte 12.Particularly, binding agent 26 is arranged as the form of layer, and the thickness of wherein binding agent 26 is 2 μm To 300 μm, preferably 5 μm to 250 μm and particularly preferred 10 μm to 200 μm, such as 50 μm.Binding agent 26 is with heat-resisting material system Into.Alternatively, it is possible to use other heat-resisting materials, these heat-resisting materials are suitable for holding heating element 18 or insulating layer 22 It is fixed on long on solid electrolyte 12, e.g. glass ceramics or glass frit.
The manufacturing method of sensor element 10 can be that solid electrolyte 12 is made to be in soft fluffy state herein, i.e., un-sintered State, in a known way for example, by thick-layer technology and/or film lamination and/or method for printing screen and/or splash Method sets functional layer, especially electrode 14,16 and reference channel 20.Solid electrolyte 12 then with electrode 14,16 and reference Channel 20 is sintered together.The sintering can for example carry out at a temperature of from 900 DEG C to 1400 DEG C through many hours.
Manufactured completion, that is, the solid electrolyte 12 being sintered and have been arranged at electrode 14,16 thereon and Then the reference channel 20 of introducing is suitable for arranging that the following methods of heating element 18 are walked on the side opposed with first electrode 14, apply Coating method is, for example, by brush or squeegee brushing, using silk-screen printing or the pressing of plug extruding, splash or as applique It pastes.The thickness of the binding agent 26 of selection should be heat-treated the thickness of binding agent 26, i.e., reached after the heat treatment then described To 2 μm to 300 μm, preferably 5 μm to 250 μm and particularly preferred 10 μm to 200 μm, such as 50 μm.When necessary, in order to apply bonding Agent 26 needs to make exploitation new material or adapts to existing material system.Therefore such as vitrified bonding, glass ceramics can be used Or glass frit.Particularly, using binding agent 26, binding agent 26 carries out following heat treatments, its coefficient of thermal expansion and solid electricity It solves the identical with the coefficient of thermal expansion of heating element 18 of matter 12 or although technically it is not possible that, its coefficient of thermal expansion is near It is seemingly the arithmetic mean of instantaneous value of the coefficient of thermal expansion of solid electrolyte 12 and heating element 18.Such as the thermal expansion of solid electrolyte 12 Coefficient is 10x10-61/K, the coefficient of thermal expansion of heating element 18 is 6x10-61/K, thus the binding agent 26 used is being heat-treated There is coefficient of thermal expansion 8x10 afterwards-61/K。
Prefabricated heating element 18 is applied on binding agent 26, and heating element 18 is embedded into insulating layer 22, i.e. heating unit Part 18 and insulating layer 22 are in sintering state.It is, for example, heating unit by the realization method that heating element 18 is embedded into insulating layer 22 Part 18 for example by pressing or brushing paste, is applied in the first part of insulating layer 22, then the covering of heating element 18 insulation The second part of layer 22.By subsequent sintering circuit, the first part of insulating layer 22 and second part form integrated connection, from And two parts of insulating layer 22 also can be no longer distinguished, and heating element 18 is only equipped in insulating layer 22.It is heated calculating It is noted that insulating layer 22 and the contact of heating element 18 being embedded during the above-mentioned coefficient of thermal expansion of element.Insulating layer 22 is thus Load-bearing part as heating element 18 because it carries heating element 18, is especially carried in itself.As heating element 18 Loading material, workable material be, for example, preferably by aluminium oxide, silicon carbide, aluminium nitride, magnesia, barium talcum, talcum and/ Or cordierite or other commercial common ceramic insulating materials are formed.These materials are to be electrically insulated and led with high It is hot.It is preferable to use the material of platinum, rhodium, palladium, gold, chromium, tungsten, molybdenum or its alloy as heating element 18.Particularly, solid electrolytic The geometry of the heating element 18 of matter 12 meets matching requirements.The thickness of insulating layer 22 is, for example, 60 μm, therefore insulating layer 22 It is preferably implemented as thin.Particularly, the design method of heating element 18 is to make the electrical power of input mainly in heating region transfer It changes, heating region is the occupied part in measuring unit region of sensor element 10 in heating element 18.The measuring unit The region with electrode 14,16 with solid electrolyte 12 overlaps.
Then, solid electrolyte 12, binding agent 26 and insulating layer 22 together with the heating element 18 being embedded through overheat at Reason.This heat treatment is, for example, the temperature in 1000 DEG C of highest, the temperature preferably from 400 DEG C to 800 DEG C, such as at 600 DEG C At a temperature of pass through the annealing of 12 hours or more, be then sintered process at low temperature.It is carried out here by radiation and convection current Heat is transmitted.It does not need to that solid electrolyte 12, binding agent 26 and insulating layer 22 is made together with what is be embedded to add in this embodiment Thermal element 18 is sintered together, because solid electrolyte 12 and heating element 18 have gone through sintering separately manufactured in the case of Process.The annealing is preferred for hardening binding agent 26, thus binding agent 26 makes insulating layer 22 and solid electrolyte 12 lasting Ground connects.
Fig. 3 shows the cross-sectional view of sensor element 10 according to third embodiment, below only description and second embodiment Difference, wherein identical component is presented with like reference characters.
Sensor element 10 equally has solid electrolyte 12 and first electrode 14, second electrode 16 and in solid electrolyte The reference channel 20 arranged in 12.Heating element 18 is arranged on the side opposed with first electrode 14 of solid electrolyte 12, quilt It is embedded into insulating layer 22.3rd embodiment the difference from the second embodiment is that solid electrolyte 12 and insulating layer 22 it Between be not provided with binding agent for connection, i.e. insulating layer 22 is no longer fixed on together with the heating element 18 being embedded with binding agent On solid electrolyte 12.
Compared with second embodiment, in the sensor element 10 for manufacturing 3rd embodiment without using binding agent 26, but The solid electrolyte 12 of completion is manufactured, that is, the solid electrolyte 12 being sintered is with having been arranged at the electricity on solid electrolyte 12 Pole 14,16 and the reference channel 20 being introduced into solid electrolyte 12 are made.The system of solid electrolyte 12 and so-called functional layer It makes and completes herein for example as described in second embodiment.Insulating layer 22 exists together with the heating element 18 being embedded It has manufactured in completion status, i.e., has been arranged in sintering state on the side opposed with electrode 14 of solid electrolyte 12.Then, Gu Body electrolyte 12 and the insulating layer 22 being applied to thereon are mechanically connected.This is for example by solid electrolyte 12 and will be arranged in solid Insulating layer 22 on electrolyte 12 is arranged in moulding mould, is then squeezed.Power for squeezing is less than solid electrolyte 12 strength of materials can be such as 50kN again smaller than insulating layer 22 together with the strength of materials of heating element 18 being embedded. By squeezing, compression is especially reached in the region of solid electrolyte 12 and the contact surface of insulating layer 22, so as to which this is depended on Used power mutually squeezes on surface.Then, solid electrolyte 12 and the insulating layer 22 that is connected with solid electrolyte 12 from Moulding mould demoulds, through Overheating Treatment.This heat treatment is, for example, the temperature in 1000 DEG C of highest, preferably from 400 DEG C to 800 DEG C Temperature, such as 12 hours or more at a temperature of 600 DEG C, be embodied as annealing and be embodied as sintering circuit at low temperature.Lead at this time It crosses heat radiation and convection current carries out hot transmission.Solid electrolyte 12 and insulating layer 22 are not needed in this embodiment together with embedded exhausted Heating element 18 in edge layer 22 is sintered together because solid electrolyte 12 and heating element 18 when they are separately manufactured It has passed through sintering circuit.The annealing is preferred for the mechanical connection between stabilization of solid electrolyte 12 and insulating layer 22.This is same Sample causes solid electrolyte 12 to be enduringly adhesively joined with insulating layer 22.Perhaps the sky between insulating layer 22 and specific electrolyte 12 Air gap can be compensated by correspondingly increasing the heating power of heating element 18.It is further advantageous that insulating layer 22 and solid The contact surface or at least one of insulating layer 22 and solid electrolyte contact surface of body electrolyte 12 are before mechanical connection It is ground.Thus when squeezing, power is uniformly distributed in the contact surface of insulating layer 22 and solid electrolyte 12, and insulate Connection between layer 22 and solid electrolyte 12 equably keeps stable by common contact surface.
For all previous embodiments, the heating element 18 used has cold conditions all-in resistance from 8 ohm to 20 ohm.This Outside, the length maximum value of all the sensors element is 55mm, preferably 45mm, and more preferably up to value is 40mm, and width is maximum It is worth for 8mm, preferred maximum is 7mm and more preferably up to value is 6mm, and sensor element is for example with length 35mm and width 5mm。
It should be understood that, it is emphasized that all features disclosed in the specification and in the claims should in the sense that original disclosure Regard as separated and independent of each other, and equally should be viewed as independent of implementing in the sense that claimed invention is limited Feature combination disclosed in example and/or claim.It should be clearly understood that it is limiting in the sense that original disclosure and equally In the sense that claimed invention processed, the data of all range datas or unit group disclose each possible median or every A possible subgroup especially also serves as the boundary value of range data.

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1. a kind of method for manufacturing sensor element (10), the sensor element (10) is for obtaining gas in the tested gas compartment At least one characteristic of body, the described method comprises the following steps:
The solid electrolyte (12) being sintered is provided,
Heating element (18) is arranged on the solid electrolyte (12) or in the solid electrolyte (12) and
It is heat-treated the solid electrolyte (12) and heating element (18) together,
Wherein, the heating element (18) is arranged in the solid under un-sintered state by pressing, winding, brushing or smearing On electrolyte (12) or in the solid electrolyte (12) and the heat treatment is sintering.
2. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the solid electrolyte (12) has insulating layer (22), institute It states heating element (18) to be arranged on the insulating layer (22), and the heating element (18) applies one layer before the heat treatment Insulating layer (24) and/or protection glaze.
3. according to the method described in claim 2, it is characterized in that, the heat of the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) is swollen Swollen coefficient deviates the coefficient of thermal expansion maximum 10% of the insulating layer (24) of the heating element (18).
4. according to the method described in claim 2, it is characterized in that, the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) with institute State the thickness having after heating element (18) is sintered together from 2 μm to 100 μm.
5. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) is arranged in institute under sintering state It states on solid electrolyte (12) or in solid electrolyte (12), and the heat treatment is annealing.
6. according to the method described in claim 5, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) is by bonding or being mechanically connected cloth It puts on the solid electrolyte (12) or in solid electrolyte (12).
7. according to the method described in claim 6, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) is utilized with solid electrolyte (12) Heat-resisting material is attached.
8. the method described according to claim 6 or 7, which is characterized in that connect the heating element using binding agent (26) (18) and solid electrolyte (12), the binding agent (26) is by brushing, smearing, pressing, splash or is used as applique and applies Onto the solid electrolyte (12).
9. according to the method described in claim 8, it is characterized in that, the binding agent (26) has from 2 μm to 300 after sintering μm thickness.
10. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) has from 6 ohm to 22 ohm Cold conditions all-in resistance.
11. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) is electrical heating elements, running During voltage 13V, the electrical heating elements have the consumption power that maximum value is 5W.
12. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, it is 55mm that the sensor element (10), which has maximum value, Length, maximum value be 8mm width.
13. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the sensor element (10) is in probe gas The temperature of gas componant or gas.
14. according to the method described in preceding claims 3, which is characterized in that the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) Coefficient of thermal expansion deviate the heating element (18) insulating layer (24) coefficient of thermal expansion maximum 5%.
15. according to the method described in preceding claims 3, which is characterized in that the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) Coefficient of thermal expansion deviate the heating element (18) insulating layer (24) coefficient of thermal expansion maximum 2%.
16. according to the method described in preceding claims 3, which is characterized in that the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) Coefficient of thermal expansion deviate the heating element (18) insulating layer (24) coefficient of thermal expansion 1%.
17. according to the method described in claim 4, it is characterized in that, the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) with The heating element (18) has the thickness from 5 μm to 75 μm after being sintered together.
18. according to the method described in claim 4, it is characterized in that, the insulating layer (22) of the solid electrolyte (12) with The heating element (18) has the thickness from 10 μm to 50 μm after being sintered together.
19. according to the method described in claim 6, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) by squeeze be arranged in it is described On solid electrolyte (12) or in solid electrolyte (12).
20. the method according to the description of claim 7 is characterized in that the heat-resisting material is glass ceramics, vitrified bonding (26) or glass frit.
21. according to the method described in claim 9, it is characterized in that, the binding agent (26) after sintering have from 5 μm to 250 μm of thickness.
22. according to the method described in claim 9, it is characterized in that, the binding agent (26) after sintering have from 10 μm to 200 μm of thickness.
23. according to the method described in claim 10, it is characterized in that, the heating element (18) has the Europe from 8 ohm to 20 The cold conditions all-in resistance of nurse.
24. according to the method for claim 11, which is characterized in that in working voltage 13V, the electrical heating elements have The consumption power of 4W.
25. according to the method for claim 11, which is characterized in that in working voltage 13V, the electrical heating elements have The consumption power of 3.5W.
26. according to the method for claim 11, which is characterized in that in working voltage 13V, the electrical heating elements have The consumption power of 5W.
27. according to the method for claim 12, which is characterized in that it is 45mm that the sensor element (10), which has maximum value, Length.
28. according to the method for claim 12, which is characterized in that it is 40mm that the sensor element (10), which has maximum value, Length.
29. according to the method for claim 12, which is characterized in that it is 7mm that the sensor element (10), which has maximum value, Width.
30. according to the method for claim 12, which is characterized in that it is 6mm that the sensor element (10), which has maximum value, Width.
31. according to the method for claim 12, which is characterized in that the sensor element (10) with 35mm length and The width of 5mm.
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