Sensor device
First Claim
1. A sensor unit comprising:
- a lead having edge portions formed as lead terminals serving as input/output terminals;
a plurality of physical-quantity sensors each disposed relative to said lead and adapted to measure a physical quantity;
a signal-processing circuit disposed relative to said lead and adapted to process a signal from each of said physical-quantity sensors; and
a molded body made of a plastic material, and formed to seal said lead, said physical-quantity sensors and said signal-processing circuit in such a manner as to allow said lead terminals to protrude outside said molded body, wherein said signal-processing circuit is operable, based on the signal from at least one of said plurality of physical-quantity sensors, to control the ON/OFF action of the remaining physical-quantity sensors.
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Abstract
A sensor unit includes a pressure sensor, an acceleration sensor and a signal-processing circuit, which are disposed on the bottom surface of a lead to form a line in the longitudinal direction of the sensor unit. The pressure sensor and the acceleration sensor are disposed at respective symmetrical positions with respect to the center of the signal-processing circuit in the longitudinal direction of the sensor unit. Each of the pressure sensor and the acceleration sensor has substantially the same height dimension. The sensors, the signal-processing circuit and the lead are sealed with a molded body, in such a manner as to allow lead terminals of the lead to protrude outside the molded body. The signal-processing circuit is operable, based on a signal from the acceleration sensor, to control the ON/OFF action of the pressure sensor.
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1. A sensor unit comprising:
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a lead having edge portions formed as lead terminals serving as input/output terminals;
a plurality of physical-quantity sensors each disposed relative to said lead and adapted to measure a physical quantity;
a signal-processing circuit disposed relative to said lead and adapted to process a signal from each of said physical-quantity sensors; and
a molded body made of a plastic material, and formed to seal said lead, said physical-quantity sensors and said signal-processing circuit in such a manner as to allow said lead terminals to protrude outside said molded body, wherein said signal-processing circuit is operable, based on the signal from at least one of said plurality of physical-quantity sensors, to control the ON/OFF action of the remaining physical-quantity sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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