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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Jeremie Ruellan, Grenoble, FR;
Laurent Duraffourg, Voiron, FR;
Julien Arcamone, St Martin le Vinoux, FR;
Philippe Andreucci, Moirans, FR;
Eric Colinet, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
A thermal flow sensor comprising at least one first element () suspended with respect to a support, said first suspended element () being of an electrically conductive material, first means () for biasing said suspended element () and first means () for measuring the variation of the electric voltage at the terminals of the suspended element (), said first suspended element () being formed by a nanowire and said first biasing means () are formed by an alternating current source the intensity of which provides heating of the first suspended element () by Joule effect.