METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE

• US 20130255069A1
• Filed: 12/11/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yoshihiro Higashi
• Inventors: Hara, Michiko, Fukuzawa, Hideaki, Fuji, Yoshihiko, Yuasa, Hiromi, Nagata, Tomohiko, HIGASHI, Yoshihiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,046,549 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 29/595
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0247 Pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02141 Details of apparatus construction, e.g. pump units or housings therefor, cuff pressurising systems, arrangements of fluid conduits or circuits A61B5/02233, A61B5/0235 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 1/125 by using magnetostrictive means magnetostrictive sensors H10N35/101
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/0048 Details about the mounting of the diaphragm to its support or about the diaphragm edges, e.g. notches, round shapes for stress relief
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/16 by making use of variations in the magnetic properties of material resulting from the application of stress
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 3/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of measuring instruments , e.g. of probe tips
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49007 Indicating transducer

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a pressure sensing device includes preparing a sensor unit and a mounting substrate. The sensor unit includes: a membrane body; and an element unit provided on the membrane body. The element unit includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a first magnetic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and having magnetization in a first direction. The mounting substrate includes: a base; a first electrode pad provided on the base; and a second electrode pad provided on the base and provided apart from the first electrode pad. The method further includes joining the first electrode pad to the first electrode while heated, and joining the second electrode pad to the second electrode while heated, with an external magnetic field along the first direction applied to the sensor unit.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a pressure sensing device comprising:

preparing a sensor unit and a mounting substrate,

the sensor unit including;

a membrane body; and

an element unit provided on the membrane body,

the element unit including;

 

a first electrode;

 

a second electrode; and

 

a first magnetic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and having magnetization in a first direction;

the mounting substrate including;

a base;

a first electrode pad provided on the base; and

a second electrode pad provided on the base and provided apart from the first electrode pad; and

joining the first electrode pad to the first electrode while heated, and joining the second electrode pad to the second electrode while heated, with an external magnetic field along the first direction applied to the sensor unit.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the first electrode has a first portion and a second portion;

the second electrode has a third portion and a fourth portion; and

the first magnetic layer is provided between the second portion and the third portion.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the sensor unit further includes:

a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the third portion; and

a non-magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer,

an angle between a magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer and a magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer is changed according to a strain of the membrane body;

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

in the joining, joining the first electrode pad to the first portion, and joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the external magnetic field is greater than a saturation magnetic field of the first magnetic layer.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the saturation magnetic field is equal to or greater than 500 oersteds.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the external magnetic field is equal to or greater than an exchange coupling magnetic field of the first magnetic layer.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the exchange coupling magnetic field is equal to or greater than 3,000 oersteds.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first magnetic layer is an in-plane magnetization film.

10. A method for manufacturing a pressure sensing device comprising:

preparing a sensor unit and a mounting substrate,

the sensor unit including;

a membrane body; and

an element unit provided on the membrane body,

the element unit including;

 

a first electrode having a first portion and a second portion;

 

a second electrode having a third portion and a fourth portion;

 

a first magnetic layer provided between the second portion and the third portion and having magnetization in a first direction;

 

a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the third portion; and

 

a non-magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer,

an angle between a magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer and a magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer being changed according to a strain of the membrane body;

the mounting substrate including;

a base;

a first electrode pad provided on the base; and

a second electrode pad provided on the base and provided apart from the first electrode pad; and

joining the first electrode pad to the first portion while heated, and joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion while heated, with an external magnetic field along the first direction applied to the sensor unit.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein

joining the first electrode pad to the first portion includes inserting a first conductive adhesive layer between the first electrode pad and the first portion, applying a pressure across the first electrode pad and the first portion while heated, and joining the first electrode pad to the first portion, and

joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion includes inserting a second conductive adhesive layer between the second electrode pad and the fourth portion, applying a pressure across the second electrode pad and the fourth portion while heated, and joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein

joining the first electrode pad to the first portion includes inserting a first conducting member and a first thermoset resin layer provided around the first conducting member between the first electrode pad and the first portion, applying a pressure across the first electrode pad and the first portion while heated, and joining the first electrode pad to the first portion, and

joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion includes inserting a second conducting member and a second thermoset resin layer provided around the second conducting member between the second electrode pad and the fourth portion, applying a pressure across the second electrode pad and the fourth portion while heated, and joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein

joining the first electrode pad to the first portion includes joining a first interconnecting layer material to the first electrode pad while heated, and joining the first interconnecting layer material to the first portion while heated, and

joining the second electrode pad to the fourth portion includes joining a second interconnecting layer material to the second electrode pad while heated, and joining the second interconnecting layer material to the fourth portion while heated.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the external magnetic field is greater than a saturation magnetic field of the first magnetic layer.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the saturation magnetic field is equal to or greater than 500 oersteds.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the external magnetic field is equal to or greater than an exchange coupling magnetic field of the first magnetic layer.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the exchange coupling magnetic field is equal to or greater than 3,000 oersteds.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first magnetic layer is an in-plane magnetization film.

19. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first magnetic layer is a perpendicular magnetization film.

20. The method according to claim 10, wherein the membrane body includes a polymer material.