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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2004
Parag Thakre, Bhilai, IN;
Shankar Chandrasekaran, Chennai, IN;
Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Russell William Craddock, Nuneaton, GB;
Parag Thakre, Bhilai, IN;
Shankar Chandrasekaran, Chennai, IN;
Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Russell William Craddock, Nuneaton, GB;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A differential pressure sensor for use in an industrial application is described. The differential pressure sensor includes a membrane layer having a covered portion and an exposed portion where a first side of the exposed portion of the membrane layer is in fluid communication to a first aperture and a second side of the exposed portion is in fluid communication to a second aperture. The differential pressure sensor also includes at least one resonating device secured to the covered portion of the membrane layer and configured to oscillate at a desired frequency and a sensing circuitry configured to a detect oscillation in the at least one resonating device indicative of deformation in the membrane layer.