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Pressure sensor including switchable sensor elements

US8127619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2011
Grant dateMar 6, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D2218/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first sensor element in a first branch of a Wheatstone bridge and a second sensor element in a second branch of the Wheatstone bridge. The semiconductor device includes a first reference element in the first branch and a second reference element in the second branch. The semiconductor device includes a circuit configured to switch the first sensor element to the second branch and the second sensor element to the first branch.

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