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US09176020B2 Pressure sensor having multiple pressure cells and sensitivity estimation methodology
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压力传感器具有多个压力传感器和灵敏度估算方法
- Patent Title: Pressure sensor having multiple pressure cells and sensitivity estimation methodology
- Patent Title (中): 压力传感器具有多个压力传感器和灵敏度估算方法
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Application No.: US14043556Application Date: 2013-10-01
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Publication No.: US09176020B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Chad S. Dawson , Peter T. Jones
- Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Current Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G01L1/12
- IPC: G01L1/12 ; G01L25/00 ; G01L1/04 ; G01L1/14

Abstract:
A pressure sensor (20) includes a test cell (32) and sense cell (34). The sense cell (34) includes an electrode (42) formed on a substrate (30) and a sense diaphragm (68) spaced apart from the electrode (42) to produce a sense cavity (64). The test cell (32) includes an electrode (40) formed on the substrate (30) and a test diaphragm (70) spaced apart from the electrode (40) to produce a test cavity (66). Both of the cells (32, 34) are sensitive to pressure (36). However, a critical dimension (76) of the sense diaphragm (68) is less than a critical dimension (80) of the test diaphragm (70) so that the test cell (32) has greater sensitivity (142) to pressure (36) than the sense cell (34). Parameters (100) measured at the test cell (32) are utilized to estimate a sensitivity (138) of the sense cell (34).
Public/Granted literature
- US20150090052A1 PRESSURE SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE PRESSURE CELLS AND SENSITIVITY ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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