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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Michael W. Fortner, Plano, TX (US);
Joseph Sipka, McKinney, TX (US);
Christopher Reed, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael W. Fortner, Plano, TX (US);
Joseph Sipka, McKinney, TX (US);
Christopher Reed, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Brooks Instrument, LLC, Hatfield, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/12 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A monolithic manometer and method of sensing pressure changes may include sensing a change in parasitic capacitive coupling between multiple parasitic capacitive coupled conductive elements in response to a diaphragm disturbing the parasitic capacitive coupling between the conductive elements. A signal representative of the sensed change in parasitic capacitive coupling may be output.