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US 2017/0131167 A1Published application
Manufacturing catheter sensors
AssigneeSilicon Microstructures, Inc.
InventorsHolger Doering, Stephen C. Terry, Justin Gaynor, Omar Abed, Fernando Alfaro
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Abstract
Pressure sensors and associated structures that may facilitate the use of automated connection processes and tools. An example may provide structures for aligning interconnect wires to pressure sensor bondpads in order to facilitate the use of automated processes and tools.
Claims25
A pressure sensor system comprising:
- a pressure sensor comprising:
- a membrane;
- a plurality of bondpads pressure sensor, the plurality of bondpads having a first spacing between each other;
- a device identifier;
- and
- a blocking structure between the plurality of bondpads and the device identifier.
3 more elements
A pressure sensor system comprising:
- a pressure sensor having a plurality of coplanar bondpads;
- a plurality of wires, each having an exposed portion on at least one end of the wire;
- an alignment structure to align the plurality of wires such that a spacing between the exposed portions matches a spacing between the pressure sensor bondpads, the alignment structure separate from the pressure sensor;
- a physical and electrical connection between a pressure sensor bondpad in the plurality of bondpads and an exposed portion of a wire in the plurality of wires;
- and
- an encapsulation material over the connected pressure sensor bondpad and exposed portion of a wire, the encapsulation material providing electrical and environmental isolation of each bondpad and wire from the others.
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A pressure sensor system comprising:
- a pressure sensor having a plurality of coplanar bondpads;
- a plurality of wires, each having an exposed portion on at least one end of the wire;
- an alignment structure to align the plurality of wires such that a spacing between the exposed portions matches a spacing between the pressure sensor bondpads, the alignment structure separate from the pressure sensor;
- a physical and electrical connection between a pressure sensor bondpad in the plurality of bondpads and an exposed portion of a wire in the plurality of wires;
- a membrane;
- a component on or near the membrane;
- and
- a light-reducing layer over the component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.