Patents Assigned to Wystron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4636714
    Abstract: An integrated circuit capacitive transducer measures at least one parameter of a medium to which it is exposed. A variable capacitor has a capacitance which varies as a function of the measured parameter and is charged by source of reference potential. The charge on the variable capacitor is then transferred to a second capacitor having a fixed reference capacitance. The voltage developed across the second capacitor by the charge transferred thereto is then a function of the capacitance of the first capacitor. Therefore, the voltage is also a function of the parameter being measured. The capacitance transducer may also include a further variable capacitor for measuring the difference of parameters between two mediums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Wystron, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry V. Allen