Aroma Bit, an innovative developer of odor sensors in Japan, has set up a new subsidiary company to develop the next generation of odor sensors on silicon-based CMOS sensor substrates, which has the advantages of ultra-compact, high resolution and low cost, according to Maims Consulting. Its technology is realized by combining Aroma Bit's odor sensor receiving film technology with the ultra-sensitive silicon-based CMOS ion imaging sensor technology developed by Toyohashi University of Technology and related enterprises.。
Embeddable Smartphone odor sensor realizes super-high resolution comparable to dog nose on 1 square millimeter chip.
Aroma Bit has developed and is selling compact odor sensors based on Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) sensor substrates, which show high sensitivity in the sensor market. However, using traditional QCM odor sensors to further reduce size and cost to meet the challenges of large-scale applications such as smartphones。
The new silicon-based CMOS odor sensor can achieve ultra-compact, high odor resolution and low cost, and can be embedded in smartphones and other Internet of Things devices. For example, the resolution of the dog nose (about 1200 receptors) can be achieved by using a 1-square-millimeter chip on a new sensor substrate.。
With this new sensor substrate technology, Aroma Bit now has two technology combinations: (1) traditional ultra-high sensitivity QCM sensor substrate technology, and (2) ultra-high resolution, ultra-compact, low cost silicon-based CMOS sensor substrate technology. The combination of the two technologies provides Aroma Bit with a very competitive combination of sensor technology, which has two key properties of odor sensor: sensor sensitivity and odor resolution. Therefore, the addition of new sensors is expected to further enhance Aroma Bit's competitive advantage in the field of compact odor sensors.。
Aroma Bit converts odor detection into visual model
At present, Aroma Bit is further accelerating the development of its digital odor database, or large odor data based on its hardware competitive advantage. By combining sensor hardware with odor database, Aroma Bit ensures its leading position in the growing digital olfaction market, thus realizing its vision of "visualizing odors through odor imaging technology and achieving a better world"。
Aroma Bit Aroma Bit Silicon Sensor Technology（hereinafter referred to as“ABSST”），It is the first officially recognized university entrepreneurship company of Fengqiao University of Technology and Science.。
Although University Entrepreneurship companies are emerging in Japan, due to the conflict of intellectual property rights between the interests of large companies, the mismatch between researchers and entrepreneurs, and other factors, there are very few successful cases that can truly industrialize.。
In this particular case of industry-university cooperation, it is expected that by assigning ABSST to promote the commercialization of technology developed jointly with universities, the chances of success of this technology will be enhanced.。
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Aroma BitBy applying the developed odor sensor receiving film technology to the ultra-sensitive silicon-based CMOS ion imaging sensor technology developed by Professor Kazuaki Sawada of Fengqiao University of Technology and Science, the next generation of high compact and high resolution odor sensor on silicon-based CMOS sensor substrate has been successfully developed.。
In 2017, Toyohashi Sensor Kyogikai, Hamamatsu Photonics, Toho Technology, Nippon Chemi-con and Aroma Bit jointly formed the Consortium COSCo。
ABSST was established as a subsidiary of Aroma Bit in order to summarize the achievements of COSCo Alliance and further accelerate its development and industrialization.。
Looking ahead, ABSST will devote itself to developing the next generation of silicon-based CMOS odor sensor, which has the advantages of ultra-high resolution, ultra-compact and low cost, and can be embedded in smartphones and various Internet of Things devices.。