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 developed the next stage of evolution for the
dielectrically isolated, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) 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 novel sensor materials
for the next generation of pressure sensors, while continuing to advance
SOI pressure sensor technology to higher levels of performance.
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