The utilization of low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC-ML) technology for meso-scale EMS, a simple thermistor based flow sensor

For certain applications the small size characteristics of MEMS structures can be traded off for low cost production and high manufacturing yields. This is the realm of meso-scale (intermediate scale) electromechanical systems. Low temperature co-fired ceramic tape materials offers the potential of emulating a great deal of silicon MEMS technology at the meso scale level. In this article we show the design, construction, characterization and modeling of a thermistor based flow sensor totally constructed using LTCC tapes and the hybrid microelectronics technology.