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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Janusz Bryzek, Fremont, CA (US);
David W Burns, San Jose, CA (US);
Sean S Cahill, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven S Nasiri, Saratoga, CA (US);
James B Starr, St. Paul, MN (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a semiconductor pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the semiconductor pressure sensor includes a diaphragm having a first thickness and at least cone raised boss that is coupled to a first side of the diaphragm. The at least one raised boss increases the diaphragm thickness in the region occupied by the at least one raised boss to a second thickness. A plurality of piezoresistors are disposed on a second side of the diaphragm in regions of the first thickness. In another embodiment, a semiconductor pressure sensor diaphragm includes at least one raised boss disposed along a central axis on a first side of the diaphragm. At least two raised bridge regions are disposed along the central axis, interconnecting the at least one raised boss and a diaphragm edge. Each raised bridge region is narrower than the raised boss. A plurality of piezoresistors are disposed on the raised bridge regions of the diaphragm along the central axis.