Wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11585825-B2
Application number	US-201917054133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	Nov 27, 2018
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is a wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor, which relates to a MEMS device and belongs to the field of measurement and testing technologies. The wind speed sensor is a double-layer inductor structure composed of a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor. A metal layer of the flexible inductor and a metal layer of the silicon-based inductor face to each other and form, between them, an air cavity sufficient for mutual induction of electromotance. A contact block constituting a measuring port is deposited in the metal layer of the silicon-based inductor. The present invention has a light structure, and implements wind speed detection based on the Bernoulli effect and the coil mutual inductance effect.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor, wherein the wind speed sensor is a double-layer inductor structure composed of a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor; a metal layer of the flexible inductor and a metal layer of the silicon-based inductor face to each other and form, between them, an air cavity sufficient for mutual induction of electromotance; a contact block constituting a measuring port is deposited in the metal layer of the silicon-based inductor.

2. The wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible inductor is an upper inductor structure and the silicon-based inductor is a lower inductor structure.

3. The wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based inductor is an upper inductor structure and the flexible inductor is a lower inductor structure.

4. The wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible inductor is formed by depositing a metal layer on a flexible substrate; a photoresist is spin-coated on the flexible substrate, the photoresist at the position where an inductance coil is required to be prepared is etched away, the metal layer is deposited by evaporation, and then the photoresist is stripped off to form the inductance coil.

5. The wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based inductor is formed by depositing a metal layer on a silicon substrate; a photoresist is spin-coated on the silicon substrate, the photoresist at the position where an inductance coil and the contact block are required to be prepared is etched away, the metal layer is deposited by evaporation, and then the photoresist is stripped off to form the inductance coil and the contact block.

6. The wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor according to claim 4 , wherein the flexible substrate is a Polydimethylsiloxane acid substrate.

7. A method for detecting a wind speed by using the wind speed sensor based on a flexible inductor and a silicon-based inductor according to claim 1 , comprising steps of: fixing the flexible inductor and the silicon-based inductor and adjusting a distance between them to form an air cavity sufficient for mutual induction of electromotance; blowing air into the air cavity; detecting an input return loss at the measuring port; determining a central frequency point of the silicon-based inductor according to an input return loss curve; and retrodicting a relational expression between the central frequency point of the silicon-based inductor and the wind speed to determine a wind speed measurement value.

Assignees

• Univ Southeast

Inventors

• Yi Zhenxiang
• Wang Yu
• Deng Wenjun
• Wang Lifeng
• Qin Ming
• Huang Qingan

Classifications

• G01P5/08 Primary

  by measuring variation of an electric variable directly affected by the flow, e.g. by using dynamo-electric effect · CPC title

• G01P5/02

  by measuring forces exerted by the fluid on solid bodies, e.g. anemometer · CPC title