US4712082A
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Pressure sensor
Assignee: Soken Inc
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Filing: 1986-03-21
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Granted: 1987-12-08
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Expires: 2006-03-21
Abstract
Abstract A pressure sensor includes a metal diaphragm provided at the end of a pressure introduction portion, a glass layer bonded to a surface of the metal diaphragm opposite to the pressure introduction side thereof, and a semiconductor chip acting as a semiconductor strain gauge bonded to the surface of the glass layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Novuei Ito
- 👤 Minoru Nishida
- 👤 Naohito Mizuno
- 👤 Tadashi Hattori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 22:02
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01L; G01L9/00; G01L9/0041; G01L9/0051; G01L9/0052; G01L9/0055
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A pressure sensor comprising: a metal tube having one end portion open and the other end portion closed by a metal diaphragm having a thermal expansion coefficient ranging from about 2.0×10 -6 °C. -1 to about 6.0×10 -6 °C. -1 , a pressure to be inspected being introduced into said open end portion of said metal tube and applied to said metal diaphragm; a glass layer bonded to a surface of said metal diaphragm opposite to the pressure application side of the metal diaphragm, the thermal expansion coefficient of said glass layer ranging from about 2.0×10 -6 °C. -1 to about 6.0×10 -6 °C. -1 ; and a semiconductor chip acting as a semiconductor strain gauge bonded to the surface of said glass layer opposite said diaphragm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A pressure sensor comprising: a metal tube having one end portion open and the other end portion closed by a metal diaphragm having a thermal expansion coefficient ranging from about 2.0×10 -6 °C. -1 to about 6.0×10 -6 °C. -1 , a pressure to be inspected being introduced into said open end portion of said metal tube and applied to said metal diaphragm; a glass layer bonded to a surface of said metal diaphragm opposite to the pressure application side of the metal diaphragm, the thermal expansion coefficient of said glass layer ranging from about 2.0×10 -6 °C. -1 to about 6.0×10 -6 °C. -1 ; and a semiconductor chip acting as a semiconductor strain gauge bonded to the surface of said glass layer opposite said diaphragm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pressure sensor according to claim 1, wherein a surface roughness of the surface of said glass layer is smaller than 0.05 μm in center line means roughness (Ra).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
134 words
A pressure sensor comprising: a metal tube having one end portion open and the other end portion closed by a metal diaphragm, a pressure to be inspected being introduced into said open end portion of said metal tube and applied to said metal diaphragm; a glass layer bonded to the surface of said metal diaphragm opposite to the pressure application side of said metal diaphragm, the thermal expansion coefficient of said metal diaphragm and said glass layer ranging from about 3.6×10 -6 °C. -1 to about 5.3×10 -6 °C. -1 and the surface roughness of the exposed surface of said glass layer being smaller than 0.03 μm in center line mean roughness (Ra); and a semiconductor chip acting as a semiconductor strain gauge bonded to the surface of said glass layer opposite said diaphragm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
134 words
A pressure sensor comprising: a metal tube having one end portion open and the other end portion closed by a metal diaphragm, a pressure to be inspected being introduced into said open end portion of said metal tube and applied to said metal diaphragm; a glass layer bonded to the surface of said metal diaphragm opposite to the pressure application side of said metal diaphragm, the thermal expansion coefficient of said metal diaphragm and said glass layer ranging from about 3.6×10 -6 °C. -1 to about 5.3×10 -6 °C. -1 and the surface roughness of the exposed surface of said glass layer being smaller than 0.03 μm in center line mean roughness (Ra); and a semiconductor chip acting as a semiconductor strain gauge bonded to the surface of said glass layer opposite said diaphragm.
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