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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger L Aagard, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338-4 ; 338-5 ; 2961 / ;
Abstract
A piezoresisitve pressure sensor having a diaphragm of silicon nitride with a stressed resistor under the edge of the diaphragm in a single crystal supporting wafer. The signal is derived from the stress in the silicon where the diaphragm attaches to the edge of the opening etched through the silicon.