Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Joel Voelzke, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6564642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stable differential pressure measurement system. Two micro-machined semiconductive capacitive sensors each has a diaphragm exposed on one side and having a sealed partially evacuated chamber within the sensor on the other side of the diaphragm. A circuit corrects the slope responses and offsets of the capacitive sensor output signals to provide an accurate differential pressure measurement. Sensitive electronics are buried within the sensors and isolated within the sealed housing to protect them from harsh surrounding media. Such harsh surrounding media can be found when the system is used in an automobile exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Kavlico Corporation
    Inventor: Mark J. Clifford