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Unlike a conventional structure, a thinner sensitive layer was employed to increase the coupling capacitance which dominated the sensitive capacitance of the humidity sensor. Not only static properties but also dynamic properties were found to be better with the aid of coupling capacitance. At 25 \u00b0C, the sensitive capacitance was 11.3 pF, the sensitivity of the sensor was measured to be 32.8 fF\/%RH and the hysteresis was measured to be 1.0 %RH. 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