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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1987
Ulrich Kuhn, Renningen, DE;
Sybille Stumpf, Markgroningen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the flow rate of a flowing medium having a substrate fastened at one end with a resistor arrangement disposed on the substrate which includes a layer-like measuring resistor (R.sub.S) and a layer-like heating resistor (R.sub.H). The heating output is regulated such that the measuring resistor (R.sub.S) has a constant electrical resistance, representing a flow rate of the flowing medium. By suitable provisions, such as a meandering pattern for the heating resistor (R.sub.H), the local resistance of the heating resistor (R.sub.H) crosswise to the flow direction is made to decrease toward the fastened end. Thus, the temperature generated by means of the heating resistor (R.sub.H) inside the substrate and the measuring resistor (R.sub.S) decreases toward the fastened end.