Pressure transducer utilizing non-lead containing frit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8482372
APP PUB NO 20120247219A1
SERIAL NO

13453685

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A piezoresistive sensor device and method for making the same are disclosed. The device comprises a silicon wafer having piezoresistive elements and contacts in electrical communication with the elements. The device further comprises a contact glass coupled to the silicon wafer and having apertures aligned with the contacts. The device also comprises a non-conductive frit for mounting the contact glass to a header glass, and a conductive non-lead glass frit disposed in the apertures and in electrical communication with the contacts. The method for making the device comprises bonding a contact glass to a silicon wafer such that apertures in the glass line up with contacts on the wafer, and filling the apertures with a non-lead glass frit such that the frit is in electrical communication with the contacts. The use of a lead free glass frit prevents catastrophic failure of the device in ultra high temperature applications.

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  • KULITE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.

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Kurtz, Anthony D Saddle River, US 294 4802
Ned, Alexander A Kinnelon, US 80 1212

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