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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Peter G. Meehan, Limerick, IE;
Oliver Kierse, Co Clare, IE;
Inventors:
Peter G. Meehan, Limerick, IE;
Oliver Kierse, Co Clare, IE;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A capacitive sensor and a method of making it with a substrate having a diaphragm forming a first plate of a capacitor; a second fixed plate of the capacitor spaced from the diaphragm and defining a predetermined dielectric gap; a plurality of conductor elements interconnecting the substrate and fixed plate; and an edge lock supporting the fixed plate and the substrate relative to each other for maintaining the dimension of the defined gap independent of the conductor elements.