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Pressure Sensor Technology Selector

This tool will assist you in selecting the most suitable pressure sensor technology for your application requirements.

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Step 1 of 4 – Mechanical Parameters

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Mechanical Parameters

Select the importance of each mechanical parameter to your particular application requirements
Sensing diaphragm material
How important is it for the sensing diaphragm material to perform well for elasticity, hysteresis, repeatability and robustness?
Media compatibility
How important is it for the pressure sensor module assembly to be protected from different types of aggressive media?
Oil fill leak risk
How important is it for your application for the sensor to not include an oil filling, which potentially could leak out and compromise safety?
Pressure containment
How important is it for the internal components to withstand many pressure and temperature cycles without failure over the service life of the sensor?
Small size
How important is it to your application that the sensor has the smallest possible dimensions?
Corrosion resistance
How important is it that the media exposed materials to resistant to corrosive substances?
Abrasion resistance
How important is it that the media exposed materials to resistant to abrasive substances?

Input Parameters

Select the importance of each input parameter to your particular application requirements
High pressure spikes
How important is it that the sensor is not affected by highly dynamic pressures such as hydraulic pressure spikes or water hammer?
Overpressure rating
How important is it that the sensor can tolerate a pressure that exceeds the pressure range?
Very low pressure ranges < 100 mbar
How important is it to use a very low pressure range of 0 to 100 mbar or lower?
Low pressure ranges > 100 mbar
How important is it to use a low pressure range between 0…100 mbar up and 0…1000 mbar?
Medium pressure ranges > 1 bar
How important is it to use a medium pressure range between 0…1 bar up and 0…100 bar?
High pressure ranges > 100 bar
How important is it to use a high pressure range between 0…100 bar up and 0…1000 bar?
Very high pressure ranges > 1000 bar
How important is it to use a very high pressure range of 0 to 1000 bar or higher?
Absolute pressure ranges
How important is it to be able to measure absolute pressures, or pressures relative to a hard vacuum?

Output Parameters

Select the importance of each output parameter to your particular application requirements
Accuracy
How important is it to measure pressure with a high degree of accuracy?
Output sensitivity
How important is it that the transducer has a high level output sensitivity and high signal to noise ratio before any signal conditioning is added?
Frequency response
How important is it that the output has a high frequency response to changes in pressure?

Results

The technology assigned with the highest score will be the most suitable for your application, based on the level of importance you have assigned, combined with the pre-assigned rating score for each parameter.
Exposed silicon chip with diffused semiconductor strain gauges
Silicon chip with diffused semiconductor strain gauges inside oil filled capsule
Thick film strain gauges printed on ceramic diaphragm
Variable capacitance plates on ceramic diaphragm
Thin film strain gauge deposited on metal diaphragm
Bonded foil strain gauge on metal diaphragm

Select the pressure sensor type with the highest score above for your application, and find out more about the technology and product choices available.

Silicon chip Silicon isolated Thick-Film Variable-Capacitance Thin-Film BFSG

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