Magnetic diaphragm pressure transducer with magnetic field shield

摘要

A differential pressure transducer includes a pair of interior chambers separated by a peripherally supported, nominally planar electrically conductive diaphragm. A magnetic assembly is positioned on at least one chamber wall opposite to a central portion of the diaphragm. The magnetic assembly includes an electrical conductor and preferably a magnetic field permeable electric field shield between the electrical conductor and the chamber so that as the central portion of diaphragm is displaced from its nominal plane in response to an applied pressure differential, the inductance of the magnetic assembly changes the transducer may be a portion of a tank circuit of an oscillator having a frequency of oscillation that varies with the pressure differential applied across the diaphragm.