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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1983
Heiko Gruner, Gerlingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A thin tantalum foil is sufficiently stable mechanically for supporting a bridge of thin film resistors with a glass insulating layer interposed between them and the foil, while a fluid medium flows past the resistors for measurement of its temperature or for thermal measurement of the rate of flow of the mass of the medium. The resistors form a bridge one half of which is heated to maintain a predetermined temperature for measurement of the rate of flow by means of the heating current, while the other half provides a reference for the regulation of the heating current. A slot in the metal foil between the halves of the bridge provides thermal decoupling between the heated and unheated parts of the bridge.