Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure detection apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 压力检测装置
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Application No.: US12569976Application Date: 2009-09-30
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Publication No.: US08410801B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Toshiyuki Matsuoka , Yuzo Higuchi , Yoshinori Tsujimura , Takio Kojima
- Applicant: Toshiyuki Matsuoka , Yuzo Higuchi , Yoshinori Tsujimura , Takio Kojima
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., LGD
- Current Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., LGD
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-252244 20080930; JP2009-215982 20090917
- Main IPC: G01R27/08
- IPC: G01R27/08

Abstract:
A pressure detection apparatus has a pressure-sensitive resistor whose first resistance varies according to pressure and a change of its own temperature, a temperature-sensitive resistor which has a same resistance-temperature coefficient as the pressure-sensitive resistor and whose second resistance varies according to the change of the temperature, a current source supplying first and second constant-currents to the pressure-sensitive and temperature-sensitive resistors respectively, and a pressure signal generation output section. The current source adjusts the first and second constant-currents so that when the pressure is an initial pressure, a reference first voltage appearing across the pressure-sensitive resistor and a reference second voltage appearing across the temperature-sensitive resistor become equal to each other. The pressure signal generation output section outputs a first voltage signal corresponding to the pressure on the basis of a difference voltage between a first voltage of the pressure-sensitive resistor and a second voltage of the temperature-sensitive resistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100079155A1 PRESSURE DETECTION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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