Title :
Differential pressure flow sensor in PCB-technology
Author :
Gassmann, Stefan ; Höhne, Stephan ; Pagel, Lienhard
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. Appliances & Circuits, Univ. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Abstract :
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are widely used in electronics. However, the usage of PCBs in fluidic applications is rare. Adding a fluidic functionality to a PCB will create intelligent fluidic systems at low cost. Low-Flow micro systems as well as High-Flow systems are feasible. The main advantage using PCBs is to create compact devices at low cost. In this paper a High Flow application for a medical device, an insufflator, is described. The solution for the integrated flow measurement is described in detail.
Keywords :
flow measurement; flow sensors; flow simulation; printed circuits; PCB technology; compact devices; differential pressure flow sensor; high-flow systems; insufflator; integrated flow measurement; low-flow micro systems; printed circuit boards; Chemical technology; Computer science; Copper; Costs; Fluid flow measurement; Fluidic microsystems; Microfluidics; Pressure control; Printed circuits; Pumps;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2009. IECON '09. 35th Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Porto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4648-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2009.5415322
