G01L13/02

Gage pressure transducer and method for making the same

A method, device and system for a gage pressure transducer including the making thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first diaphragm, a first pressure, wherein the first diaphragm is composed of metal; transferring, from the first diaphragm, to a first sensor, the first pressure using a first oil region, wherein the first oil region is disposed between the first diaphragm and the first sensor; receiving, at the first sensor, the first pressure; measuring, by the first sensor, the first pressure to generate a first pressure signal; and outputting, from the first sensor, to a first header pin, the first pressure signal, wherein the first header pin is electrically coupled to the first sensor using a first conductive glass frit.

Physical quantity measuring device

A differential pressure sensor includes: a sensor module including: a sensor case including a port through which a target fluid is to be introduced and a base attached with the port; a sensor configured to detect a physical quantity of the target fluid; a sensor substrate attached with the sensor, the sensor substrate having an outer circumferential surface facing an inner circumferential surface of the base; and a cover configured to press the sensor substrate against the base; and a case body including an electric circuit that is housed therein and electrically connectable to the sensor module, the case body having an open end to which the sensor module is externally attached, in which a sensor module clearance is defined between the outer circumferential surface of the sensor substrate and an inner circumferential surface of the sensor case.

PRESSURE CHANGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, ALTITUDE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND PRESSURE CHANGE MEASUREMENT METHOD

The present invention provides a pressure change measuring apparatus and a pressure change measuring method, which are capable of detecting a change in pressure to be measured with respect to a time axis with high accuracy. Specifically, a reference value setting unit (60) included in a pressure change measuring apparatus (1) is configured to generate a reference value signal based on an output signal of a differential pressure measuring cantilever (4) under a predetermined state, and to output the reference value signal. An arithmetic processing unit (30) is configured to calculate the pressure change in pressure to be measured based on the output signal, the reference value signal, a volume of a cavity (10), a flowing quantity of a pressure transmission medium flowing into and out of the cavity (10) for every unit of a predetermined time period, and the like.

PRESSURE CHANGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, ALTITUDE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND PRESSURE CHANGE MEASUREMENT METHOD

The present invention provides a pressure change measuring apparatus and a pressure change measuring method, which are capable of detecting a change in pressure to be measured with respect to a time axis with high accuracy. Specifically, a reference value setting unit (60) included in a pressure change measuring apparatus (1) is configured to generate a reference value signal based on an output signal of a differential pressure measuring cantilever (4) under a predetermined state, and to output the reference value signal. An arithmetic processing unit (30) is configured to calculate the pressure change in pressure to be measured based on the output signal, the reference value signal, a volume of a cavity (10), a flowing quantity of a pressure transmission medium flowing into and out of the cavity (10) for every unit of a predetermined time period, and the like.

Pressure sensing device isolation cavity seal monitoring
11243134 · 2022-02-08 · ·

An industrial process differential pressure sensing device includes a housing having first and second isolation cavities that are respectively sealed by first and second diaphragms, a differential pressure sensor, a static pressure sensor, an eddy current displacement sensor, and a controller. The static pressure sensor is configured to output a static pressure signal that is based on a pressure of fill fluid in the first isolation cavity. The differential pressure sensor is configured to output a differential pressure signal that is indicative a pressure difference between the first and second isolation cavities. The eddy current displacement sensor is configured to output a position signal that is indicative of a position of the first isolation diaphragm relative to the housing. The controller is configured to detect a loss of a seal of the isolation cavity based on the position signal, the static pressure signal and the differential pressure signal.

Matching back pressures on differential oil-filled diaphragms

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a differential pressure transducer that comprises first and second diaphragms of different configurations, i.e., different diameters and/or thicknesses. The pressure transducer provides more versatility over prior art designs as the diaphragms can be of different configurations yet still maintain substantially similar back pressures. Therefore, the errors commonly associated with back pressures are eliminated because the back pressures from the diaphragms ultimately cancel out in the sensor's differential pressure measurement.

Pressure detecting device

A pressure detecting device is mounted in a measurement target and instrument includes a strain inducer to which pressure of a pressure medium is applied and which generates strain in accordance with the pressure and a strain detecting element that is bonded onto a surface opposite to a pressure receiving surface of the strain inducer, in which the strain detecting element includes one or multiple central strain resistant bridges which are arranged at a central portion of the strain detecting element in a bonded surface direction, and one or multiple outer peripheral strain resistant bridges which are arranged at an outer periphery, and in which, for example, deformation of the strain detecting element caused by an external force when being screw-fixed to the measurement target instrument is obtained through the multiple strain resistant bridges. An error of detection pressure caused by the deformation in a pressure value detected through the central strain resistant bridge is corrected.

METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SIGNAL, AND A PRESSURE MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR SAME
20170234748 · 2017-08-17 ·

The invention relates to a method for determining a pressure measurement signal in a capacitive pressure measurement cell which comprises a main body and a measurement membrane that is arranged on the front of said main body. Electrodes are arranged on said main body and measurement membrane and form a measurement capacitance in a region of the measurement membrane which has a high degree of pressure sensitivity, and form a reference capacitance in a region of the measurement membrane which has a lower degree of pressure sensitivity, said measurement capacitance and reference capacitance being determined independently of one another, the pressure measurement signal being determined in a first measurement range from the measurement capacitance and the reference capacitance, in accordance with the first evaluation, and said pressure measurement signal being determined in a second measurement range from the reference capacitance in accordance with a second evaluation.

Pressure sensor made from nanogauges coupled to a resonator

A pressure sensor made of semiconductor material, the sensor comprising a box defining a housing under a secondary vacuum, at least one resonator received in the housing and suspended by flexible beams from at least one elastically deformable diaphragm closing the housing that also contains means for exciting the resonator in order to set the resonator into vibration and detector means for detecting a vibration frequency of the resonator. The detector means comprise at least a first suspended piezoresistive strain gauge having one end secured to one of the beams and one end secured to the diaphragm. The resonator and the first strain gauge are arranged to form zones of doping that are substantially identical in kind and in concentration.

Differential pressure sensor with a capacitive read out system

A differential pressure sensor comprises a cavity having a base including a base electrode and a membrane suspended above the base which includes a membrane electrode, wherein the first membrane is sealed with the cavity defined beneath the first membrane. A first pressure input port is coupled to the space above the sealed first membrane. A capacitive read out system is used to measure the capacitance between the base electrode and membrane electrode. An interconnecting channel is between the cavity and a second pressure input port, so that the sensor is responsive to the differential pressure applied to opposite sides of the membrane by the two input ports.