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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Anthony D. Kurtz, Saddle River, NJ (US);
Richard Martin, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Robert Gardner, Westwood, NJ (US);
Adam Kane, Morristown, NJ (US);
Anthony D. Kurtz, Saddle River, NJ (US);
Richard Martin, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Robert Gardner, Westwood, NJ (US);
Adam Kane, Morristown, NJ (US);
Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc., Leonia, NJ (US);
Abstract
A single pressure sensing capsule has a reference pressure ported to the rear side of a silicon sensing die. The front side of the silicon sensing die receives a main pressure at another port. The silicon sensing die contains a full Wheatstone bridge on one of the surfaces and within the active area designated as the diaphragm area. Thus, the difference of the main and reference pressure results in the sensor providing an output equivalent to the differential pressure, namely the main pressure minus the reference pressure which is the stress induced in a sensing diaphragm. In any event, the reference pressure or main pressure may be derived from a pump pressure which is being monitored. The pump pressure output is subjected to a pump ripple or a sinusoidally varying pressure. In order to compensate for pump ripple, one employs a coiled tube. The tube length is selected to suppress the pump ripple as applied to the sensor die. In this manner, the pump ripple cannot cause resonance which would result in pressure amplification and which pressure amplification would destroy the sensor.