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TP-401A Indoor air quality gas sensor
1Usage of sensor:
Monitoring indoor air quality







2Applications
Automatic air reIreshing module in air conditioner;
Exhaust Ian or ventilating instrument automatic management;
PerIume sprayers;
Air puriIier, plasma puriIication machine.

3Characteristic:
Low power consumption;
Very sensitive to low concentration oI contaminating gas;
Long liIe time, low cost;
Small size;
Easy to be used in electric circuit.


Figuie 1. photo of TP-4u1A inuooi aii quality gas sensois.

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4Introduction
1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor has many advantages such as high sensitive, low cost,
long liIe time and low power consumption. The gas sensor is very sensitive to many
air-contaminating gases (or toxic gases) oI low concentrations. These gases are secondhand
smoke, carbon monoxide (CO), wine (alcohol), volatiles oI cosmetics, acetone, thinner,
insecticide, correction Iluid, benzene, Iormaldehyde and so on.
1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor is composed oI nano-SnO
2
materials doped with catalyst,
which belongs to metal oxide semiconductor type oI gas sensor. It has a plane structure.
Resistance oI gas sensor will decrease, when contaminating gases present in the air. The
variation oI resistance will be increased with concentration oI gases. When contaminating gases
are evacuated, the gas sensor re-exposes to Iresh air and resistance increase to its origin state
reversely. According to the variation oI resistance, the sensor can monitor the extent oI air
contamination. For example, the resistance oI gas sensor will be reduced when secondhand
smoke presents indoor. And by using sample single chip microprocessor, the ventilation or air
puriIying instruments can be automatically turned on. Then the indoor air can be reIreshed by
such smart device.
1P-41A Indoor air quality sensors can be widely used in hospital, restaurant, hotel,
meeting room, the waiting room oI railway or bus station, club and so on. Many air-contaminates
like secondhand smoke, wine, volatile oI cosmetics, unusual smell oI human breath always
present in these occasions. The 1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor is capable in managing the
air puriIying system to turn on smartly. 1P-41A Indoor air quality sensors have potential in the
application oI the Internet oI Things. They can be used to monitor the air quality in a particular
area, and control the air quality in their internet.

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Typical Specifications

Model TP-401A
Packaging TO-5 Cap
Target Gases secondhand smoke, smoke generated Irom burning oI
wood and paper, volatiles oI wine (alcohol) and
cosmetics, ammonia, hydrogen sulIide, hydrogen,
carbon monoxide, propane, methane, styrene,
propylene glycol, phenol, acetone, thinner,
insecticide, correction Iluid, benzene, Iormaldehyde
and so on.
Typical
electric
speciIications
Voltage Ior
circuit
V
C
5+0.1V DC
Load resister R
L
10 KO (typical)
voltage Ior
heater
V
H
5 V
Current oI
heater
I
H
40~60 mA
Power consumption P
W
_ 0.3 W
Typical response
towards 20 ppm oI
CO in 25
o
C (the
voltage variation oI
R
L
)
0.250.6 V

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Structure and size of the sensor.

Figure 2. sketch oI the gas sensor with ceramic plane structure, (a) top side and (b)
back side; (c) sketch oI the lead wires between encapsulation and ceramic tube (with
its TO-5 Cap removed).

The 1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor has ceramic plane structure, and it`s sketched in
Iigure 2. A pair oI gold electrodes are printed on the Iront size oI plane with area oI 22 mm
2

(or 11 mm
2
) (as shown in Iigure 2 (a)), and sensitive materials are covered between electrodes.
Heater coil is Iabricated on the back side oI the ceramic plane (Iigure 2 (b)). The heater coil can
heat the ceramic plane up to an elevated temperature (200-400
o
C), at which the sensing material
has great reactivity. Electric characteristics oI the sensitive material are measured by the pair
electrodes. Figure 2 (c) demonstrates the sketch oI lead wires between encapsulation and ceramic
tube. The details oI size oI 1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor are shown in Iigure 3.

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Figure 3. dimensional size sketch oI 1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor.

circuit of basic measurement

Figure 4. circuit diagram oI 1P-41A Indoor air quality sensor Ior measurement.

As shown in Iigure 4, a direct current voltage source is connected to the heater lead oI gas
sensor (lead 3 and lead 4). In order to provide an elevated operating temperature Ior gas sensor,
voltage oI 5V is applied to them. AIter the sensor is heated Ior 3~5 min, the sensor is warmed up
and sensitive. The circuit leads (lead 1 and lead 2) is connected with a load resistor (R
L
), typically
10 K. Voltage oI 5V DC is applied to lead 1 and lead 5. When sensor is exposed to small amount
unit: mm

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oI reducing gases, resistance oI the sensor will decrease. And voltage (V
L
) between the R
L
will
increase. By monitoring the V
L
, air quality can be detected.