IP Library Granted Patent US 7,382,599
Granted Patent B2
US 7,382,599 · App. 11/553,861 · Granted Jun 3, 2008

Capacitive pressure sensor

Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd
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Patent No.
US 7,382,599
App. No.
11/553,861
Granted
Jun 3, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capacitive pressure sensor is provided. The capacitive pressure sensor includes a glass substrate that has a pair of surfaces facing each other. A first silicon substrate has a fixed electrode passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at one surface and a projection passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at the one surface. A second silicon substrate is bonded to the one surface of the glass substrate and is disposed to face the fixed electrode so as to form a cavity between the second silicon substrate and the fixed electrode.

Claims (10)

1. A capacitive pressure sensor comprising:

a glass substrate that has a pair of surfaces facing each other;

a first silicon substrate that has a fixed electrode passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at one surface and a projection passing through the glass substrate to be exposed at the one surface;

a second silicon substrate that is bonded to the one surface of the glass substrate and has a movable electrode disposed to face the fixed electrode so as to form a cavity between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode; and

a lead electrode for the fixed electrode, which is formed on the projection,

wherein the projection is located outside the fixed electrode on the first silicon substrate, and the glass substrate is disposed in a groove that is formed by the fixed electrode and the projection, and

wherein a recess of the glass substrate, that forms the cavity, is recessed from the fixed electrode at the outside of the fixed electrode.

2. The capacitive pressure sensor according to claim 1 , wherein interfaces between the glass substrate and the first and second silicon substrates have Si—Si bonding or Si—O bonding.

3. The capacitive pressure sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a separate member is not interposed between the fixed electrode and the projection.

4. The capacitive pressure sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the lead electrode does not exist in the bonded region between the glass substrate and the second silicon substrate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048208/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2006
From: KIKUIRI, KATSUYA; SATO, KIYOSHI; FUKUDA, TETSUYA; NAKAMURA, YOSHINOBU; KOBAYASHI, HIROYUKI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018491/0427 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-315586 · Oct 31, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070095147A1 · May 3, 2007