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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Shigefumi Sakai, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Munemitsu Abe, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Shigefumi Sakai, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Munemitsu Abe, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Ota-ku, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pressure sensor includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a glass substrate bonded to the SOI substrate by anode bonding, a silicon island formed on a part of a silicon layer of the SOI substrate and surrounded by a groove extending to an insulating layer of the SOI substrate, a through hole formed in the glass substrate, and an output electrode that is made of a conductive material, is disposed inside the through hole, and is electrically connected to an electrode formed on the glass substrate via the silicon island.