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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Stephen R. Hooper, Mesa, AZ (US);
James D. Macdonald, Chandler, AZ (US);
William G. Mcdonald, Payson, AZ (US);
Stephen R. Hooper, Mesa, AZ (US);
James D. MacDonald, Chandler, AZ (US);
William G. McDonald, Payson, AZ (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for fabricating an exposed differential pressure sensor () which protects interior electrical components () formed on a topside surface of a differential pressure sensor transducer die () from corrosive particles using a molding compound (), but which vents both sides of a piezoresistive transducer sensor diaphragm () through a first vent hole () formed in an exposed die flag () and a second vent hole () formed in an exposed cap structure (), enabling the sensor diaphragm () to sense differential pressure variations directly or indirectly through a protective gel.