Overview
Kulite is the recognized global leader in the science and engineering of
piezoresistive sensors. Kulite has produced pressure sensors, accelerometers
and load cells based on the piezoresistive effect of silicon, for a wide
variety of applications. At present, our primary focus is the production
of pressure transducers.
Kulite was founded in 1959 as the first commercial source of
bare silicon strain gages.
The piezoresistive silicon sensor
is the heart of the Kulite Pressure Transducer. It has evolved from the simple
bar gage sensor of the past, to a very high-tech, dielectrically isolated, silicon
on silicon sensor we are using today. We have recently released the next stage
of evolution for the dielectrically isolated, silicon on silicon sensor, which
is referred to as the Leadless Sensor. The Leadless Sensor is a revolutionary design
that allows the sensor to be used in high vibration, high acceleration and high
temperature environments not possible in the past. Kulite is currently working on the
development of silicon carbide piezoresistive pressure sensors and diamond
piezoresistive pressure sensors.
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