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Semiconductor pressure transducer

US4439752A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateOct 26, 1981
Grant dateMar 27, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L9/0054
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transducer for sensing pressure, wherein the transducer is formed of a single crystal semiconductor square chip having piezoresistive stress sensors disposed on one surface thereof and a cavity formed in the opposite surface, and wherein one of the edges of the chip is oriented at an angle of substantially 22.5.degree. with respect to a <110> crystal direction of the chip.

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