TERPS® (Trench Etched Resonant Pressure Sensor) Technology
TERPS® is a resonating silicon MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) pressure sensor technology that provides the highest level of performance available. The result of several key innovations in design and manufacture this resonating silicon pressure sensor technology is 10 times more accurate and stable than traditional pressure measurement technologies.
Druck’s market-leading, proprietary pressure sensing technology, offers unrivalled accuracy, stability and precision specification when utilised in Druck’s pressure sensor, calibrator, controllers, and pitot static testers.
Through rigorous comparative testing spanning nearly a decade, it is proven that TERPS® technology provides customers with unique unrivalled stability (low drift), accuracy, robustness, and speed in combination.
In like-for-like comparisons, Druck’s pressure portfolio enabled with TERPS® performance can achieve more than 10x more accuracy and 10x more stable than traditional silicon-based sensing technologies. Other available pressure measurement technologies such as quartz, film, or optical pressure do not compare to TERPS®.
TERPS® relies on the straining of a resonant structure to change the frequency of the trasducer, which is proportional with the pressure applied onto the sensor’s diaphragm.
The unique design of TERPS® is the base of its great performance, especially in terms of drift and hysteresis (pressure & temperature).
The TERPS® structure and build has the following characteristics:
- Well defined resonant frequency by using Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) to control thickness and mass of resonating structure;
- Insensitive to media viscosity by using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) to create well defined patent structures for dynamic mass and force balance;
- Harsh media isolation by using DRIE to create a complex low impedance sensing technique;
- Low thermal and pressure hysteresis by using silicon fusion bonding (SFB)
- Incredible resonant performance backed up by data – At ±0.0015% FS (15ppm), TERPS® delivers ten times the accuracy and stability of standard silicon sensors. TERPS® has been rigorously tested with third parties with the results available, showing customers the remarkable stability and accuracy for themselves.
- Low cost high performance – More resilient than quartz, TERPS® provides quartz accuracy and stability but with added advantage of being resilient in harsh environment and available at a fraction of the cost of quartz.
- Product flexibility at short lead time – Incorporating TERPS® into the sensor as a sealed unit enables TERPS to be produced with a wide range of variable features. TERPS is delivered quickly, removing the problems associated with quartz lead-times.
- TERPS® Accuracy x10, Precision x10, Stability x10 vs traditional sensing technology
Building on the tried and tested industrial sensing, test and calibration and aerospace pressure portfolio, TERPS® technology enables increased accuracy, longer calibration intervals and long term stability for applications including:
- Aero ground testing
- Hydrology and oceanography
- Level monitoring - tidal, ballast tanks, tsunami detection
- Barometers and weather stations
- Turbine controls and optimisation
- Pressure measurement and control for industrial automation
- World class accuracy and stability means less maintenance and less downtime for calibrations
Druck’s pressure sensors, pressure transducers, provide high performance, stability, quality, accuracy, and quick response – with options to perform in multiple applications and harsh environments.
RPS/DPS8000
The RPS/DPS 8000 is the first product to incorporate the exciting new TERPS technology. TERPS is a resonant silicon pressure sensor technology platform that provides an order of magnitude greater accuracy and stability than current pressure measurement technologies.
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RPS/DPS8100
The RPS/DPS 8100 incorporates the exciting new TERPS technology. TERPS is a resonant silicon pressure sensor technology platform that provides an order of magnitude greater accuracy and stability than current standard pressure measurement technologies.
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RPS/DPS8200/8300
The RPS/DPS 8200/8300 moves the exciting new TERPS technology into harsh media environments. TERPS is a resonant silicon pressure sensor technology platform that provides an order of magnitude greater accuracy and stability than current pressure measurement technologies available.
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RPS/DPS8000H
The combination of the power of the TERPS technology and the quality, reliability and flexibility of the RPS/DPS8000H Series offers a truly unique solution for high accuracy and high stability pressure measurement in a hydrogen rich media.
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ADTS:
All Druck ADTS units utilize TERPS technology. Doing so provides the units with total accuracies you can trust to test your aircraft inline with RVSM certification.
ADTS542
A small, lightweight and cost-effective portable two-channel Flightline air data test set for 'Aircraft on the Ramp' testing.
Provides pitot static air data validation, leak testing fault finding and avionics instrumentation testing.
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ADTS550F Series
Portable two, three or four-channel flightline air data test set with large pitot static volume capability for use on a wide range of aircraft from light aircraft to wide body passenger and freight aircraft.
Provides pitot static air data validation, leak testing, fault finding and avionics instrumentation testing.
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ADTS405 MkII
The choice of many militaries worldwide.
The ADTS 405 MKII is a twin-channel Ps and Pt pressure control system used for the precision calibration/ verification of aircraft pitot statics, compliant with RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minima)
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PACE:
The benefits of having TERPS sensors in a PACE controller stems from its inherently stable metrological characteristics; notably the precision and long term stability resulting in low drift and unparalleled measurement repeatability.
PACE CM3
Experience the most accurate pressure control module to date.
Where speed and accuracy combine without compromise.
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PACE 1000 IRS
High accuracy pressure indicator
- Precision specification up to 0.0010% FS
- Accuracy up to 0.0004% RDG + 0.0027% FS
- Long term stability up to 0.0010% FS
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PACE Tallis
A calibration standard with total uncertainties comparable with that of a deadweight tester without any of the hassle.
Configurable to fit a wide range of applications, with 1, 2 or 3 reference sensors from 200 kPa to 21.1 MPa
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Test and Calibration Instrumentation:
Druck portable multifunction calibrators, loop calibrators, transducers, and calibration services use technology in ways that make your day-to-day activities easier to initiate and quicker to execute.
PM620T (TERPS PM)
Interchangeable TERPS® Pressure Modules that dock into an MC620G or PV62X base. The PM620T (or "TERPS PM") has industry leading TERPS technology inside.
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DPI620G Calibrator + MC620G Module carrier + PM620T
Safe and hazardous area modular multi-function calibrator, providing laboratory level accuracy of pressure measurement, calibration and pressure generation whilst in the field as well as electrical and temperature measurement or simulation.
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DPI620G Calibrator + PV62X Pressure base + PM620T
Safe and hazardous area modular multi-function calibrator, TERPS technology Pressure modules with module carrier that attaches to the head of the DPI620G to provide two independent pressure measurement channels with laboratory level accuracy whilst in the field .
