Integrated LTCC pressure / flow / temperature multisensor for compressed air diagnostics

Grégoire Boutinard Rouelle, Nicolas Craquelin, Yannick Fournier, Thomas Maeder, Peter Ryser
2010
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Abstract

We present a multisensor designed for industrial compressed air diagnostics and combining the measurement of pressure, flow, and temperature, integrated with the corresponding signal conditioning electronics in a single low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) package. The developed sensor may be soldered onto an integrated electro-fluidic platform by using standard surface mount device (SMD) technology, e.g., as a standard electronic component would be on a printed circuit board, obviating the need for both wires and tubes and thus paving the road towards low-cost integrated electro-fluidic systems. Several performance aspects of this device are presented and discussed, together with electronics design issues. Keywords: LTCC; integrated multisensor; pressure; flow; temperature; SMD mounting

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