Kotnik et al., 1970 - Google Patents

Pressure transmitter employing a diffused silicon sensor

Kotnik et al., 1970

Document ID
1240218035038631794
Author
Kotnik J
Hamilton J
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation

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The Bailey Meter Company has developed a pressure transmitter which incorporates a solid state sensing element. Pressure across the sensing element, a single crystal silicon wafer, strains a resistor diffused into the silicon by solid state techniques. Due to the …
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    • G01L1/22Measuring force or stress in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electro-kinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress using resistance strain gauges
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