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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:
Feb. 19, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Diane W Sidner, Noblesville, IN (US);
Douglas J Yoder, Sharpsville, IN (US);
David E Moss, Kokomo, IN (US);
Assignee:
Delco Electronics Corporation, Kokomo, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296211 ; 73727 ; 156651 ; 156357 ; 156662 ; 338-4 ;
Abstract
A pressure sensor uses a monocrystalline silicon chip that has a diaphragm portion in which strain gages are formed that overlie a buried cavity. The cavity is formed by a single sided semiconductor fabrication process that includes a pair of preferential etching steps and an epitaxial deposition step.