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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Ene Alt, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Jeremie Ruellan, Grenoble, FR;
Laurent Duraffourg, Voiron, FR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 25/18 (2006.01); G01K 17/06 (2006.01); G01N 27/18 (2006.01); G01N 30/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 17/06 (2013.01); G01N 27/18 (2013.01); G01N 30/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat flux sensor comprising at least one support, where at least one membrane is suspended relative to the support by at least four nanowires, where the membrane is made from at least one current-conducting material, and where the nanowires are made from a current-conducting material, with two nanowires connected to a current source to polarize the membrane between two terminals and a heater for heating the membrane, and where two nanowires are connected to a voltmeter to form measure the voltage at the terminals of the membrane.