G01L 9/0072
Using variations in capacitance
Official title: {using variations in capacitance}
G01L9/0072 (Using variations in capacitance) appears on 1,551 US grants and 1,201 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 24 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sensing system on chip and the manufacturing method thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,748,006 B2National Tsing Hua University
- Measuring arrangement and method for operating a measuring arrangement25 Aug 2026US 12,716,795 B2VEGA Grieshaber KG
- System and method for fault detection in sensors25 Aug 2026US 12,716,798 B2NXP USA, Inc.
- Method for assessing the state of a sensor as well as sensor system and method for operating the sensor system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,911 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Capacitive pressure sensor for detecting a pressure, comprising two pressure ranges, and production methods18 Aug 2026US 12,710,327 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Pressure sensor device, pressure sensor system, and method for manufacturing of the pressure sensor device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309564 A1NXP USA, Inc.
- Electrical connection to process fluid pressure sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298747 A1
- Stress-decoupled micromechanical pressure sensor and method for the production thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266678 A1
- Method for sensor calibration and method for sensor operation, and pressure sensor3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259097 A1
- Micromechanical component for a sensor device, microphone device and/or micro-loudspeaker device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250121 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for the wireless sensing of physical properties322US 6,111,520 AGeorgia Tech Research Corporation · 2000
- Method of fabrication of a microstructure having an internal cavity302US 6,297,072 B1Interuniversitair Micro-Elktronica Centrum (IMEC VZW) · 2001
- System, method, and sensors for sensing physical properties298US 6,278,379 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2001
- Vacuum monitoring235US 4,008,619 AMKS Instruments, Inc. · 1977
- Ultraminiature pressure sensor with addressable read-out circuit171US 5,113,868 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 1992