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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1978
Harry W Kompanek, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Essex Transducers Corporation, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Abstract
A sensor device having a vibratable surface which can be exposed to variousmaterials and used to determine the presence thereof is disclosed. The device includes a sandwich structure comprising a substrate coated with a piezoelectric material, a pickup electrode joined to the piezoelectric and a drive electrode also joined to the piezoelectric. The piezoelectric material is applied to the substrate as a slurry and when dried forms a ceramic coating which is chemically bonded to the substrate. The sensor is electrically driven to vibrate and depending upon the absence or presence of the material to be detected a characteristic vibrational frequency or amplitude of the sensing surface is observed to indicate contact with such material. Various embodiments are discussed including a rectangular configuration which is cantilevered from a support base and a circular configuration which is held circumferentially by the support base.