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Pressure transmitter assembly having sensor isolation mounting

US5133215A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1991
Grant dateJul 28, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L19/0038
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The apparatus for sensing pressure comprises a header, having at least one input port for receiving a substance under pressure. A substrate, having a wafer-like shape with a relatively large surface area in comparision to its thickness, includes at least one internal passage to couple the substance under pressure. A pressure sensing element is mounted onto the surface of the substrate over an exit port of the internal passage coupling the substance under pressure. The substrate is bonded to a surface of the header at extreme locations from a location in which the pressure sensing element is mounted. Thus isolation is provided for the pressure sensing element from unwanted stresses induced in the substrate.

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