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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2018
Applicants:

William Albert Johnston, Houston, TX (US);

Alexander Michael Barry, Cypress, TX (US);

Inventors:

William Albert Johnston, Houston, TX (US);

Alexander Michael Barry, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01L 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/0079 (2013.01); G01L 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for measuring a pressure. A pressure gauge includes a first plate having a resonant frequency related to a pressure at the pressure gauge. The first plate is thermally-excited at a selected frequency, and a sensor measures a first power level of a first light having a first wavelength reflected from the first plate and a second power level of a second light having a second wavelength reflected from the first plate. A processor determines a thermal drift in the resonant frequency of the first plate due to the thermal excitation of the first plate from the first power level and the second power level, corrects a pressure measurement determined from the resonant frequency of the first plate for the thermal drift of the resonant frequency, and operates a device based on the pressure measurement.


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