Low cost pressure sensor for measuring oxygen pressure

摘要

A low cost sensor assembly for measuring oxygen pressures contains a transistor header. The transistor header has terminal pins extending therefrom. The transistor header co-acts with a first circuit insulator board. The first circuit board has deposited thereon four hand mirror shaped contact areas each one associated with one of the terminal pins of the transistor header. The top portion of each contact areas has an aperture with the extending arm of the area directed towards the center of the board. The board is epoxied to the transistor header with the terminal pins of the header extending into the apertures of the contact board. A second contact board is then epoxied to the first contact board. The second contact board has a series of four apertures located at the center. Each of the apertures of the second board contacts the handle portion of the mirror patterns of the first board. A leadless piezoresistor sensor assembly is then positioned and secured to the second board whereby the terminals from the sensor assembly align with each of the apertures in the second board. The terminals of the sensor assembly are apertures filled with a conductive glass metal frit and each filled aperture makes contact with a terminal of the sensor. The configuration has all conductive terminals of the entire device completely isolated and insulated from the oxygen environment, thus preventing ignition of the oxygen.