EP1269136A1 - Differenzdruck-messzelle - Google Patents
Differenzdruck-messzelleInfo
- Publication number
- EP1269136A1 EP1269136A1 EP01911234A EP01911234A EP1269136A1 EP 1269136 A1 EP1269136 A1 EP 1269136A1 EP 01911234 A EP01911234 A EP 01911234A EP 01911234 A EP01911234 A EP 01911234A EP 1269136 A1 EP1269136 A1 EP 1269136A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- measuring
- membrane
- auxiliary
- differential pressure
- cell according
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L19/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
- G01L19/06—Means for preventing overload or deleterious influence of the measured medium on the measuring device or vice versa
- G01L19/0618—Overload protection
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L13/00—Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values
- G01L13/02—Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values using elastically-deformable members or pistons as sensing elements
- G01L13/025—Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values using elastically-deformable members or pistons as sensing elements using diaphragms
- G01L13/026—Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values using elastically-deformable members or pistons as sensing elements using diaphragms involving double diaphragm
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L9/00—Measuring steady of quasi-steady pressure of fluid or fluent solid material by electric or magnetic pressure-sensitive elements; Transmitting or indicating the displacement of mechanical pressure-sensitive elements, used to measure the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or fluent solid material, by electric or magnetic means
- G01L9/0041—Transmitting or indicating the displacement of flexible diaphragms
- G01L9/0042—Constructional details associated with semiconductive diaphragm sensors, e.g. etching, or constructional details of non-semiconductive diaphragms
Definitions
- the invention relates to a differential pressure measuring cell with a measuring membrane which can be acted upon on both sides with a fluid which is connected to one side of the measuring membrane via a measuring connection.
- a differential pressure measuring cell with a semiconductor measuring membrane has become known, in which the measuring membrane is formed with sealing surfaces which press against the pressure supply lines when a predetermined differential pressure is exceeded and close them in this way.
- the pressure supply line opens into an annular groove in the housing.
- the measuring membrane itself is formed in a central part, which acts as a measuring membrane, and in a thickening surrounding this measuring membrane, on which sealing surfaces are formed for the respective other pressure supply line, which in turn opens into annular grooves.
- the actual measuring membrane is limited to a small section of a movable wall in order to ensure the appropriate stroke for closing the respective pressure supply lines, the outer part of this movable wall, the central area of which forms the measuring membrane, being correspondingly more flexible and the central section Area forming the measuring membrane has a correspondingly thicker wall thickness in order to prevent inadmissible deformations or damage to the central area in which, for example, strain gauges are arranged.
- the movable wall acts like a check valve and itself represents the overload protection, whereby it is exposed to high impact forces during the closing process due to an overload.
- Differential pressure measuring cells of conventional design have already been designed with additional membranes, which represent an overload protection. Conventional devices of this type, however, require a high level of assembly effort.
- the invention now aims to provide a differential pressure measuring cell in which extremely sensitive semiconductor measuring membranes can be used, which at the same time offer the known function of an overload protection with extremely low manufacturing and assembly costs.
- the formation of the differential pressure measuring cell according to the invention essentially consists in that an additional deformable auxiliary membrane is assigned to both sides of the measuring membrane, the side of which facing a measuring connection is in open connection with the measuring tube and its side facing this measuring connection bears a sealing surface, which is deformable when the auxiliary membrane is deformed into a sealing contact with the measuring connection, and that the measuring membrane and the auxiliary membranes are designed as structured layers of a chip and essentially consist of Si or polysilicon and / or glass.
- the measuring diaphragm can be reliably protected against excessive impact stress in the event of an overload, ie with an impermissibly high pressure difference, and at the same time it is formed by the measuring diaphragm and the auxiliary diaphragms being formed from structured layers of a chip are created an education that can be produced particularly easily and inexpensively by micromechanical processing. Because the side facing a measuring connection is in open connection with the measuring membrane and only the auxiliary membrane has a sealing surface on its side facing the respective measuring connection, only the auxiliary membrane is subjected to an impact load in the closing case and such impact loads can occur from the measuring membrane kept away and absorbed by the auxiliary membranes. earth.
- the measuring membrane can be designed to be large and / or thinner in accordance with the required sensitivity and can carry a corresponding number of sensors, in particular integrated piezoresistors or capacitive measuring cells, which significantly increase the sensitivity, since the arrangement and design of the measuring membrane itself are not of any type Restrictions are subject, such as would have to be assumed, for example, by the arrangement of sealing surfaces on the measuring membrane.
- the desired structure can thus be formed in a simple manner by means of micromechanical processing, the type and arrangement of the pressure medium feed line not having to be taken into account.
- the areas of the auxiliary membranes adjacent to the sealing surfaces are designed with a smaller thickness or elastic structure which can be pressurized in the direction of a separation of the sealing surfaces after closing are.
- areas of any size can thus be reduced to a correspondingly smaller thickness or can be designed in a correspondingly structured manner without having to take into account the geometry of the measuring diaphragm required for a precise measurement.
- the design is advantageously made such that the membranes are bonded to one another at their edges via spacer elements made of Si or glass, the sealing surfaces of the auxiliary membranes advantageously consisting of polished polysilicon or Si or a polished glass.
- such differential pressure measuring cells are generally designed to be encapsulated and still have corresponding barrier membranes on their outside, so that the measuring cell and the auxiliary membranes themselves can be filled with an incompressible fluid.
- the pressure to be measured is effective on the barrier membranes, the pressure difference acting on the measuring membrane via the transmission fluid contained in the interior of the measuring cell.
- the formation of the fertilizer is advantageously made such that the cavities of the multilayer chip are filled with a transmission fluid, in particular oil, and the measuring connections of the chip are sealed with an elastic sealing membrane against the transmission fluid.
- the arrangement can advantageously be such that the auxiliary diaphragms complete the measuring connection with the lower pressure when a maximum pressure difference is exceeded.
- the design is advantageously made such that the wall areas of the measuring cell adjacent to the sealing surfaces are made thinner and can be pressurized with pressurized fluid or that the sealing surfaces of the auxiliary membranes and / or the measuring connections neighboring counter surfaces are designed as piezo vibrators and can be connected to a current source to achieve a vibration to support the opening movement, so that it is not only possible to close the respective connection securely and tightly, but also to achieve a safe separation as a result.
- the design is advantageously made such that the channels connecting the respective measuring connection to one side of the measuring membrane have a conical cross-section tapering to the measuring membrane.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows an initial formation of the semiconductor measuring cell in section
- FIG. 3 a modified embodiment in which the number of layers used has been reduced
- 4 shows a differential pressure measuring cell in its fully assembled and encapsulated design
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic illustration the relative positions of the membrane when a predetermined maximum pressure difference is exceeded.
- a first auxiliary membrane 4 made of silicon is structured with the interposition of a spacer formed from a glass or silicon wafer 3.
- a meandering structure 5 is provided to form elastically deformable areas, which enables the auxiliary membrane 4 to be elastically deformed.
- the layer structure there follows a further glass or Si wafer layer 6, which in turn is designed as spacer elements, with a free end of the auxiliary membrane 5 being simultaneously bonded to a free end of the measuring membrane 7 via such a spacer element 6.
- the actual measuring membrane consists of the areas 8 with a smaller cross section, on which piezoresistors 9 are arranged.
- the chamber is in turn delimited by the arrangement of spacers 12 formed from a glass wafer, the chamber 11 being in open connection with the chamber 13 which is adjacent to the pressure connection 2.
- Pressurizing the chamber 13 and the chamber 11 with a pressure pi leads to a movement of the first auxiliary membrane in the direction of the arrow 14 and to an opposite movement ⁇ of the measuring membrane 7 in the direction of the arrow 15.
- the second auxiliary membrane 16 connects and a connection 17 is again formed as a second measurement connection, which is arranged in a silicon or glass wafer 18.
- spacer elements 19 were again made by micromechanical African procedures applied.
- a pressure 2 applied via the measuring connection 17 spreads via the chamber 20 and the in turn continuous channels 21 into the space 22 at the rear of the membrane, so that here too a pressure p2 in principle leads to an opposite movement of the auxiliary membrane 16 to the measuring membrane 7 leads.
- the surfaces 23 and 24 facing the respective connections 2 and 17, like the corresponding counter surfaces 25 and 26, are of polished design, so that when the membranes 4 and 16 strike these counter surfaces 25 and 26, a sealing closure is achieved directly.
- thin wall regions 27 and 28 are provided in the region of the polished stop surfaces 25 and 26, which are pressed via separate channels 29 and 30 can be acted upon to enable the auxiliary membranes 4 and 16 to be released.
- a correspondingly smaller number of layers are used in the structure, the respective membranes being designated with the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the same type of loading of the membrane is provided in principle through a corresponding bore, and the space 13 is in open connection with the space 11 and the space 20 with the space 22, which in turn creates a opposite movement of the measuring membrane 7 to the movement of the respective auxiliary membranes 4 or 16 is achieved. Since the two auxiliary membranes 4 and 16 lie in a common plane, a total of two layers can be saved, with the semiconductor sensor having a flatter construction overall.
- the fully assembled differential pressure measuring cell can now be seen, outer covering membranes 31 and 32 being provided in the housing parts 33 and 34 and the measuring cell itself being completely filled with incompressible fluid.
- the pressure is thus transferred to the fluid inside the measuring cell with the interposition of the membranes 31 and 32, and the differential pressure is measured in this way.
- the two housing parts 33 and 34 are connected to one another by means of clamping screws 35, seals 36 being arranged between the semiconductor components and the housing, so that a sealed cavity is formed in which the electrical contact can be made at 37.
- FIG. 5 shows the displacement position of the individual membranes in a measuring sensor according to FIGS. 2 and 4 in the event of an impermissibly high pressure difference.
- the polished surfaces 24 and 26 come into sealing contact with one another, so that the measuring connection 17 is closed with the lower pressure p.
- the measuring membrane 7 is moved downwards in the direction of arrow 15, since the pressure from the chamber 13 comes into effect in the chamber 11 via the channel 21.
- the auxiliary membrane 4 can be brought into contact with the measuring membrane 7, so that an inadmissible deformation of the measuring membrane 7 cannot occur.
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- Measuring Fluid Pressure (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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AT1852000U | 2000-03-14 | ||
AT1852000 | 2000-03-14 | ||
PCT/AT2001/000068 WO2001069194A1 (de) | 2000-03-14 | 2001-03-12 | Differenzdruck-messzelle |
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EP1269136A1 true EP1269136A1 (de) | 2003-01-02 |
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EP01911234A Withdrawn EP1269136A1 (de) | 2000-03-14 | 2001-03-12 | Differenzdruck-messzelle |
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US (1) | US20030110864A1 (de) |
EP (1) | EP1269136A1 (de) |
AU (1) | AU2001240318A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2001069194A1 (de) |
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CH702409B1 (de) * | 2004-05-26 | 2011-06-30 | Sauter Ag | Differenzdrucksensor. |
US7685879B2 (en) | 2004-12-08 | 2010-03-30 | Abb Ag | Differential pressure measuring transducer unit |
US7611919B2 (en) * | 2005-04-21 | 2009-11-03 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Bonding interface for micro-device packaging |
US7409865B2 (en) | 2005-09-30 | 2008-08-12 | General Electric Company | Diaphragm structure |
US7661318B2 (en) | 2006-02-27 | 2010-02-16 | Auxitrol S.A. | Stress isolated pressure sensing die, sensor assembly inluding said die and methods for manufacturing said die and said assembly |
US7475597B2 (en) | 2006-02-27 | 2009-01-13 | Auxitrol S.A. | Stress isolated pressure sensing die |
GB2447668B (en) * | 2007-03-20 | 2012-02-08 | Verderg Ltd | Method and apparatus for pipe testing |
FR3003031B1 (fr) | 2013-03-08 | 2015-07-17 | Schneider Electric Ind Sas | Dispositif de controle de surpression pour un transmetteur de pression |
CN104316255A (zh) * | 2014-10-14 | 2015-01-28 | 秦川机床集团宝鸡仪表有限公司 | 压力传感器限载保护装置 |
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DE2659376C2 (de) * | 1976-12-29 | 1982-10-21 | Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München | Differenzdruck-Meßzelle |
CH680392A5 (en) * | 1991-07-17 | 1992-08-14 | Landis & Gyr Betriebs Ag | Capacitive differential pressure transducer - has central electrode between two membranes each with applied electrode layer |
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- 2001-03-12 WO PCT/AT2001/000068 patent/WO2001069194A1/de not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2001-03-12 US US10/221,473 patent/US20030110864A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-03-12 AU AU2001240318A patent/AU2001240318A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-03-12 EP EP01911234A patent/EP1269136A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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