Pressure sensor, in particular for pressures of more than 100 bar

Abstract

A pressure sensor for measuring high pressures includes: a housing having a sealed volume filled with a compressible fill liquid, wherein the housing includes an elastically deflectable diaphragm having a rear side facing the filled volume and a front side opposite the rear side such that the diaphragm transmits a pressure applied to the front side of the diaphragm to the fill liquid; and a measuring unit adapted to ascertain a variable dependent on velocity of sound in the fill liquid and, based on the measured variable, to determine a pressure measured value representing the pressure on the front side of the diaphragm, wherein the fill liquid contains an organic compound, which is present in the fill liquid at a volume fraction of greater than 99%.

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