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Semiconductor transducer

US4166384A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 1978
Grant dateSep 4, 1979
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Expiry dateSep 6, 1998

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L9/0055
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor transducer comprising an improved strain-yielding body yielding a strain in response to the impartation of a force or displacement, and a semiconductor strain gauge bonded to the strain-yielding body. The improved strain-yielding body is made of an iron-nickel-cobalt alloy containing 28.2 to 31.0% by weight of nickel and 15.0 to 19.5% by weight of cobalt. This iron-nickel-cobalt alloy is initially heated up to a temperature above 600.degree. C. for the purpose of standard heat treatment for removing its internal strain. After the standard heat treatment, the iron-nickel-cobalt alloy is subjected to cold working at a working rate of more than and including 60%, and is then subjected to heat treatment at a temperature between 350.degree. C. and 600.degree. C. The heat-treated iron-nickel-cobalt alloy is shaped into the predetermined form of the strain-yielding body.

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