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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Hiroshi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Seiki Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Nagano, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To obtain a pressure detection apparatus capable of changing output characteristics in a large area and changing a received pressure range without largely changing the apparatus in design. The apparatus comprises a pressure sensor including a pressure detection element having a bridge circuit to which a gauge resistor formed around a diaphragm portion formed by decreasing a part of the element in thickness is connected and an amplification circuit body serving as an amplification circuit except for an adjustment resistor, the pressure sensor being airtightly accommodated in a package having a pressure supply portion for supplying a pressure to be measured to the diaphragm portion, and a lead portion being disposed in the pressure sensor; an adjustment resistor part constituting the amplification circuit of the bridge circuit together with the amplification circuit body; a circuit substrate which is mounted by soldering to expose the pressure sensor and the adjustment resistor part and has a terminal portion for leading out an output from the amplification circuit; and a sensor accommodation vessel for accommodating an assembly constituted by the pressure sensor, the adjustment resistor part, and the circuit substrate therein.