Patent · US Active

Heat flux sensor with increased resolution

US9746384B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

2References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Jeremie Ruellan · Grenoble, FR
Laurent Duraffourg · Voiron, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2013
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N30/66
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A heat flux sensor comprising at least one support, where at least one membrane is suspended relative to the support by at least four nanowires, where the membrane is made from at least one current-conducting material, and where the nanowires are made from a current-conducting material, with two nanowires connected to a current source to polarize the membrane between two terminals and a heater for heating the membrane, and where two nanowires are connected to a voltmeter to form measure the voltage at the terminals of the membrane.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.