Toda et al., 1998 - Google Patents

Characteristics of a thermal mass-flow sensor in vacuum systems

Toda et al., 1998

Document ID
2169461857441760379
Author
Toda K
Maeda Y
Sanemasa I
Ishikawa K
Kimura N
Publication year
Publication venue
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical

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The housing of a thermal mass-flow sensor has been evacuated in order to improve the sensor characteristics and simplify its manufacture. Two thermosensitive resistors are coiled around a stainless-steel capillary and their temperatures are individually controlled. The …
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/68—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in a continuous flow by using thermal effects
    • G01F1/696—Circuits therefor, e.g. constant-current flow meters
    • G01F1/698—Feedback or rebalancing circuits, e.g. self heated constant temperature flowmeters
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G01F1/34—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure
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    • G01F1/76—Devices for measuring mass flow of a fluid or a fluent solid material
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