Patents by Inventor Srinvasan K. Ganapathi

Srinvasan K. Ganapathi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020073785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure sensing device that includes at least one TMR sensor, and preferably an array of TMR sensors, with each TMR sensor having an insulating spacer layer interposed between a pinned and a free ferromagnetic layer. In an unbiased state, the magnetization vector of each of the ferromagnetic layers is preferably parallel to each other. Upon application of a small voltage, the magnetization vectors remain unchanged. Upon application of stress, the magnetization vector of the free magnetic layer will rotate, thus causing a corresponding and proportionally related change in the resistance of the sensor. This change in resistance can be sensed and used to calculate the stress applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Shiva Prakash, Srinvasan K. Ganapathi, Randolph S. Gluck, Steven H. Hovey