Patent ID: 8459125

Claim:
A pressure sensor assembly comprising: a sensor unit having a pressure input port and one or more electrical terminals, wherein the one or more electrical terminals include a power terminal, a ground terminal and one or more pressure signal output terminals, the sensor unit sensing a pressure presented at the pressure input port of the sensor unit and providing one or more pressure output signals on the one or more pressure signal output terminals, the sensor unit including: a carrier forming a fluid path from a first side of the carrier to a second side of the carrier; a pressure sensor including a pressure sense element, the pressure sensor being secured to the carrier such that the pressure sense element is in fluid communication with the fluid path of the carrier; a first printed circuit board, with the carrier secured to the first printed circuit board, the first printed circuit board including a compensation circuit electrically coupled to an output of the pressure sensor for providing a compensated pressure sensor output signal; a second printed circuit board positioned vertically above the first printed circuit board; a cover positioned between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board to maintain a mechanical spacing between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, the cover including electrical terminals that transmit one or more electrical signals between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board; a pressure port having a fluid path that extends from an external side of the pressure port to an internal side of the pressure port, wherein the second side of the carrier is secured relative to the internal side of the pressure port such that the fluid path of the carrier is in fluid communication with the fluid path of the pressure port; an electrical connector including a mechanical connector and two or more electrical terminals, wherein at least one of the two or more electrical terminals of the electrical connector being electrically connected to one or more of the pressure signal output terminals of the sensor unit; and an outer housing extending between the pressure port and the electrical connector, with the sensor unit disposed in a space defined by the pressure port, the electrical connector and the outer housing.