Pressure sensor

Details Pressure sensor Pressure sensor

1997-07-03

1999-10-12

Oen, William

Measuring and testing

Fluid pressure gauge

Diaphragm

73718, G01L 912

Patent

active

059658215

ABSTRACT:
A pressure sensor has a housing for receiving a fluid whose pressure is being sensed, and an electrode assembly and a diaphragm arranged to form a variable capacitor within the housing. In one embodiment, the electrode assembly includes a dielectric disk with a conductive electrode and a standoff being formed on a surface of the disk facing the diaphragm. A spacer ring is provided between the standoff and the diaphragm so that the thickness of the spacer ring sets the gap between the electrode of the electrode assembly and the diaphragm. In another embodiment, the electrode assembly is an integral unit that includes a housing and an electrode such that lower surfaces of the housing and the electrode are coplanar to each other. In this embodiment, the spacer is between the housing and the diaphragm such that the thickness of the ring sets the length of the gap.

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