Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor device
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Application No.: US16073628Application Date: 2017-01-24
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Publication No.: US10718730B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Nobuyuki Ashida , Kunihiko Iizuka , Akira Saito , Takeshi Mitsunaka
- Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Agency: ScienBiziP, P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@49e85e55
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/002349 WO 20170124
- International Announcement: WO2017/130962 WO 20170803
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26 ; G01N27/22

Abstract:
A change in an imaginary part of a complex dielectric constant of an inspection object containing moisture is detected as a change in an oscillation frequency. A sensor device includes an oscillation unit that is formed in a semiconductor integrated circuit and an oscillation frequency detection unit that detects an oscillation frequency of the oscillation unit. The oscillation unit has capacitors that are connected to an inspection object in series and changes the oscillation frequency in accordance with a complex dielectric constant of the inspection object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190041348A1 SENSOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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