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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Takayasu Otagaki, Ota, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ishikawa, Oizumi, JP;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/26 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/266 (2013.01); G01F 23/265 (2013.01); G01F 23/268 (2013.01); H01L 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method for detecting a fluid level, includes providing a fluid container having a cavity and coupling a first sensor to the fluid container, the first sensor protected from a fluid in the cavity and positioned at a first vertical level of the fluid container. The method further includes causing movement of either the first sensor or the fluid container. The first sensor is used to detect the fluid level upon causing the movement of either the first sensor or the fluid container.