摘要:
A method for manufacturing semiconductor absolute pressure sensor units includes anodically bonding a silicon sensor wafer (10) and a silicon cap wafer (12) with a borosilicate glass layer (32) disposed therebetween so as to surround respective sensor chips on the silicon sensor wafer (10) by introducing a matrix shaped conductive layer (28) in contact with and in alignment with the borosilicate glass layer (32), the matrix shaped conductive layer (28) is used as a negative electrode during anodic bonding operation so that a high bonding strength is obtained and sodium ions contained in the borosilicate glass layer (32) are kept away from bond regions after completing the anodically bonding operation.
摘要:
A current source device controls a rate of change of current flowing through a load so that the change rate of the current is equal to a change rate of a fluctuating supply voltage. A first transistor is fed with the supply voltage via a first resistor connected to its collector and a second resistor connected to its emitter. A second transistor has a base connected to a base of the first transistor, an emitter connected to a third resistor and a collector connected to a load. A current to the load is fed from the supply voltage via the load, the collector and emitter of the second transistor and the third resistor. The collector and base of the first transistor are respectively connected to a base and an emitter of a third transistor having a collector fed with the supply voltage. The ratio between a voltage drop caused across the second resistor by a reference current flowing through the first resistor, the collector and emitter of the first transistor and the second resistor, and a voltage drop caused across the third resistor by an emitter current of the second transistor, which is substantially equal to a collector current of the second transistor flowing through the load, is set to a predetermined value. The emitter area of the second transistor is enlarged beyond that of the first transistor to obtain a sufficiently large output current.
摘要:
A semiconductor-type pressure transducer is disclosed in which the pressure change is detected as a resistance change by use of a bridge circuit including at least a gauge resistor changing with an external force. Each gauge resistor is made of a PN junction of a semiconductor. The pressure transducer further comprises an amplification factor compensator for cancelling the effect of the temperature change of the gauge resistors making up the bridge circuit on the amplification factor of the amplification circuit for amplifying the output of the bridge circuit.
摘要:
A pressure transducer is disclosed comprising a pressure sensor portion having gage resistors in bridge formed on a thin diaphragm of a semiconductor substrate, and a power supply connected to the pressure sensor portion for driving the pressure sensor. The power supply includes a first current source for supplying a temperature-dependent current equivalent to the sum of a current almost proportional to the absolute temperature and a current independent of temperature, and a second current source for sinking the current almost proportional to the temperature characteristic of the gage resistors from the current of the first current source. A temperature compensation circuit is additionally provided to drive the bridge circuit by the difference between the temperature-dependent current and the current proportional to the temperature characteristic in a constant-current driving mode, and by a voltage proportional to the current difference when the output of the bridge circuit is connected to an amplifier whose gain is dependent on temperature.
摘要:
A pressure transducer comprises a pressure sensor including a bridge connection of gauging resistors formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a power supply connected to the pressure sensor for driving it and basically acting as a constant current source. The power supply includes at least two transistors formed on the semiconductor substrate. One of the transistors provides a collector current which is less in temperature-dependency relative to that of the other transistor, and the other transistor has a collector circuit connected to the pressure sensor and provides a collector current corresponding to a sum of a substantially temperature-dependent current and a substantially temperature-independent current. A ratio of the temperature-dependent current to the temperature-independent current is adjusted by selecting operation characteristics of the two transistors such that a temperature characteristic of the collector current of the other transistor is substantially inversely proportional to a temperature characteristic of the output of the pressure sensor when it is driven with a constant voltage.
摘要:
A liquid-cooled circuit device including: a module having a circuit element and a module base plate on surface of which the circuit element is mounted; a circuit case for accommodating the module; and a cooling liquid chamber for flowing a cooling liquid in contact with a back face of the module base plate of said module. The module base plate of the module is fitted into an opening provided in a member forming the cooling liquid chamber and welded without a gap.
摘要:
A cavity-down type package for a semiconductor device comprises an insulating base substrate on which the semiconductor device and another insulating cap substrate with plural outer connection terminals on its outer surface and with electrodes provided on conductive layers for electric conduction on its inner surface. The electrodes on the insulating base substrate and those on the insulating cap substrate are connected with each other by using conductive material such as bumps.
摘要:
A semiconductor package for use in computers includes a insulating substrate onto which a semiconductor device is mounted, an insulating cap which shuts out outside air and seals said semiconductor device, power-source lines which provide power to the semiconductor device, and signal lines which transmit output signals from the semiconductor device to external circuits. The signal lines are arranged perpendicularly to the insulating substrate so that they are prevented from the dielectric constant of the insulating substrate, while the power-source lines are formed within the insulating substrate and connected through conductive layers parallel to the surface onto which the semiconductor is mounted to external leads.
摘要:
A method of making a silicon diaphragm pressure sensor includes forming an oxide film on one surface of a monocrystalline silicon substrate. A polycrystalline silicon layer is formed on the oxide film. The oxide film may be partly removed before the formation of the polycrystalline silicon layer. The polycrystalline silicon layer is heated and melt to recrystallize the same, thereby converting the polycrystalline silicon layer into a monocrystalline silicon layer. On the monocrystalline silicon layer may be epitaxially grown an additional monocrystalline silicon layer. By using the oxide film as an etching stopper, a predetermined portion of the substrate is etched over a range from the other surface of the substrate to the oxide film, thereby providing a diaphragm of the pressure sensor.
摘要:
A semiconductor pressure transducer includes a monocrystalline semiconductor diaphragm, the outer edges of which are fixed. When subjected to pressure, the transducer produces radial strains of opposite polarity in a central portion thereof and a portion surrounding the central portion close to the edge of the strain inducing region. The diaphragm contains a plurality of elongated resistances formed of semiconductor material of the same conductivity type which are electrically isolated from the diaphragm, per se. Resistances of an individual set which lie in proximity to one another are combined in the form of a bridge. The longitudinal direction of resistances forming one set of opposing arms of the bridge extend along axes of the same crystal system as the longitudinal direction of the elongated resistances forming the other set of opposing arms of the bridge. However, the longitudinal directions of the separate sets of resistances forming the opposing arms of the bridge lie in directions so that they do not orthogonally intersect each other.