摘要:
A measuring element for a mass air flow sensor formed on a substrate for measuring a flow rate of an objective fluid comprises a pair of heated resistors of thin films juxtaposed in the flowing direction of the objective fluid, formed at a thin film heated resistor forming part on the substrate, a pair of non-heated ambient temperature sensing resistors of thin films, formed at a thin film ambient temperature sensing resistor forming part on the substrate, and a plurality of electrode terminals of thin films formed at a supporting part at which the substrate is supported, being a part excluding the heated resistor thin film forming part and the thin film ambient temperature sensing resistor forming part, for taking out electrical signals from the heated resisters and the non-heated ambient temperature sensing resistors, wherein the thin film heated resistor forming part and the thin film ambient temperature sensing resistor forming part are shifted each other and arranged before and after in the flowing direction of the fluid, and shifted and arranged left and right in the direction perpendicular to the flowing direction so that the pair of the heated resistors and the pair of the non-heated do not superimpose each other in the viewing direction parallel to the flowing direction, and the supporting part is allocated at one end side of the substrate, at which the plurality of electrode terminals of thin films are formed.
摘要:
A heating resistor type air flow rate measuring apparatus is provided with a couple of heating resistors placed at the positions where those resistors may each interfere thermally with respect to an air flow, and a couple of driving circuits for driving those heating resistors. The air flow rate signal is obtained by calculating the difference between the output signals of a couple of heating resistors in terms of heat radiation rate effected by an air flow, and adding the difference value onto the output signal of one of the heating resistors.
摘要:
A heating resistor type air flow rate measuring apparatus is provided with a couple of heating resistors placed at the positions where those resistors may each interfere thermally with respect to an air flow, and a couple of driving circuits for driving those heating resistors. The air flow rate signal is obtained by calculating the difference between the output signals of a couple of heating resistors in terms of heat radiation rate effected by an air flow, and adding the difference value onto the output signal of one of heating resistors.
摘要:
A measuring element for an air flow rate measuring apparatus has upstream and downstream heating resistors and first and second temperature compensating resistors paired with the upstream and downstream heating resistors, respectively. The resistors are mounted on an electrically insulated substrate positioned within an air flow. A substantial part of resistor film of the temperature compensating resistor paired with the upstream heating resistor is positioned upstream on the insulated substrate relative to the resistor film of the compensating resistor paired with the downstream heating resistor.
摘要:
In a thermal type flow meter having a temperature compensating bridge circuit, the temperature compensating bridge circuit includes a heating resistor, a temperature compensating resistor and a plurality of resistors each having a fixed resistance. The heating resistor and the temperature compensating resistor are supported by a support member in an air flow passage, and the support member is formed by a material having a small temperature coefficient .DELTA..lambda. of thermal conductivity between -0.06 and 0.06 w/m.multidot.k.sup.2. The absolute value of the output error of the flow meter is reduced as a result of variation of the flow quantity or flow velocity of intake air and the intake air temperature.
摘要:
A thermal type flow sensor measures a flow rate of a fluid by means of a heat resistive element having a temperature dependency. The sensor is comprised of: plural heat resistive elements used for a flow rate measurement; and a driver circuit for controlling a current applied to these heat resistive elements to cause their heating. The driver circuit is configured to sense a resistance change of a lower-temperature side heat resistive element among the plural heat resistive elements and to control the current to be applied to the plural heat resistive elements in accordance with a sensed value of the lower-resistance's variation.
摘要:
A thermal air flowmeter having excellent temperature characteristics and improved measurement accuracy. The thermal air flowmeter includes a temperature sensor disposed in a casing of the air flowmeter, a computing unit for correcting a flow rate detection voltage from a measuring element by using the temperature sensor, and a heating temperature control disposed in a temperature control circuit for performing temperature control of a heating resistor to vary a temperature rise of the heating resistor relative to an air temperature depending on the air temperature. Flow rate detection errors of the thermal air flowmeter caused by an overall temperature change and a temperature change on an intake passage wall surface can be corrected simultaneously and a thermal air flowmeter having superior measurement accuracy can be realized.
摘要:
A thermal flow sensor which is fabricated at a low cost and has improved reliability. Over a cavity (7) formed in a semiconductor substrate (2), at least a heating resistance (4) is formed near the center of the cavity with an electrical insulation film interposed between the heating resistance and the cavity. The temperature (Th) of the heating resistance (4) is controlled to be higher than the medium temperature (Ta) by a constant temperature ({Th=Th−Ta). A distance (Ws) in the direction of airflow from an upstream end of the heating resistance (4) to an upstream end of the electrical insulation film lying over the cavity and the constant temperature (ΔTh) satisfy the following relationship: ΔTh/Ws≦800 (° C./mm) Thus, a thermal flow sensor is provided which can prevent deposition of floating fine particles, such as carbon particles, caused by the thermophoretic effect, can be fabricated at a low cost, and has high reliability.
摘要:
A thermal type air flow meter that makes it possible to precisely and easily determine whether a sensor element is a non-defective or a defective by screening is provided. First and second diaphragm sections composed of an electrical insulating film are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A heating resistor and a resistor for intake air temperature sensor are disposed on them to obtain a sensor element for thermal type air flow meters. The length of the short sides W1 of the rectangular first diaphragm section is made substantially equal to the length of the short sides of the second diaphragm section rectangular as well. Thus, the pressures applied to each of the diaphragm sections are substantially identical with each other in pressurization during screening.
摘要:
A hot-wire type air flow meter for an internal combustion engine has an exothermic resistor film provided on a thin portion formed on a silicon substrate and a control circuit for controlling a voltage to be applied to the resistor film or a current to be supplied. The resistor film is arranged in a suction pipe of the internal combustion engine and heat is emitted to an air through the resistor film. In the case where a liquid droplet is deposited onto the resistor film, the control circuit controls the applied voltage to a value smaller than a voltage which is applied to the resistor film at the time of measuring a maximum specified measuring range or controls the supply current to a value smaller than a current flowing in the resistor film at the time of measuring the maximum specified measuring range.