Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to propose an etch channel sealing structure characterized by excellent impermeability to moisture and resistance to temporal change of the diaphragm in the pressure sensor produced according to the sacrificial layer etching technique, and to provide a pressure sensor characterized by excellent productivity and durability. After a very small gap is formed by the sacrificial layer etching technique, silicon oxide film is deposited by the CVD technique or the like, thereby sealing the etch channel. Further, impermeable thin film of polysilicon or the like is formed to cover the oxide film.This allows an etch channel sealing structure to be simplified in the pressure sensor produced according to the sacrificial layer etching technique, and prevents entry of moisture into the cavity, thereby improving moisture resistance. Moreover, sealing material with small film stress reduces temporal deformation of the diaphragm.
Abstract:
An in-cylinder pressure sensing apparatus for a multi-cylinder engine has a plurality of sensing parts packaged between a cylinder head and a cylinder block of an engine having a plurality of cylinders and being operative to detect a signal indicative of an internal pressure of each of the plurality of cylinders. A detection circuit is provided for connecting the sensing parts in series and for overlapping detection signals obtained from the individual sensing parts to take out a resulting overlapped signal. A reference signal generator operates to supply a reference signal for separating detection signals corresponding to the individual cylinders from the overlapped signal. A unit is also provided for separating the detection signals, detected in accordance with pressures of the individual cylinders, from the overlapped signal on the basis of the reference signal.
Abstract:
A picture display apparatus includes a picture generating device for generating a rotating picture and a screen rotating on a rotary axis. A first mirror turns on the rotary axis and reflecting a picture generated by the picture generating device. A second mirror reflects the picture reflected by the first mirror to the screen. Further a projection lens disposed between the picture generating device and the first mirror projects the picture to the screen.
Abstract:
In an integrated multisensor used in a differential and static pressure transmitter, a pair of static pressure gages are formed on a static pressure detecting diaphragm and another pair of static pressure gages are formed at positions on a fixed portion which are near to the center of a differential pressure detecting diaphragm. The second term generated by a differential pressure appearing in a static pressure sensor is a function of a distance. Therefore, equal influence is exerted on each static pressure gage. Accordingly, by constructing a static pressure sensor so as to form a bridge circuit, a static pressure value free of the influence of a differential pressure can be detected, thereby making it possible to determine an accurate differential and static pressure.
Abstract:
A large area display has a plurality of cathode ray tubes mounted adjacent each other in X, Y matrix and each cathode ray tube includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an X, Y matrix on a front panel and each pixel comprises three horizontally extending stripe-shaped luminous elements aligned in the vertical direction and the front panel of the cathode ray tube is formed with a thinner portion adjacent its outer edge where it joins to the funnel to reduce the spacing between adjacent cathode ray tubes to a minimum to allow the pixels to be viewed over a wider angle.
Abstract:
A video display device comprising a display panel which has a large number of luminescent display cells arranged in an X-Y matrix and with a common drive circuit for applying an input video signal which substantially reduces the number of drive circuits by at least a factor of two and wherein a switching circuit switches the input video signal from a first plurality of luminescent display cells to adjacent luminescent display cells at every field period of the input video signal so as to reduce at least by one half the number of drive units required in the display device.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
A semiconductor pressure transducer including a measuring diaphragm of semiconductor material for sensing pressure supported by a support member of the same material. An oxide layer and a thin glass layer are interposed between the measuring diaphragm and the support member.
Abstract:
Provided is a pressure sensor of semiconductor type, having a semiconductor diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm comprises at least one of thin wall parts and at least one of thick wall parts, and defines therein recesses formed in the lower surface of the diaphragm below the thin wall parts, piezoresistance elements are laid on the upper surface of the diaphragm near the thin wall parts, and a supporting member is sealingly jointed to the thick wall parts at the lower surface of the diaphragm, so that the recesses are sealed and confined so as to prevent high pressure fluid from blowing off when the thin wall part is broken.
Abstract:
A strain gauge is formed on one main surface of a semiconductor single crystal substrate while an insulating oxide film is formed on the other main surface of the substrate. A metal junction layer including several layers inclusive of eutectic alloy layers is formed on the surface of the insulating oxide film and the thus prepared structure is mounted on a metal strain generator. By heating this assembly to temperatures approximating to the eutectic point of the eutectic alloy layer, the semiconductor substrate and the metal strain generator are joined together.