Trinamix Gmbh

Bertram Feuerstein

Sebastian Valouch

Robert Send

Robert Gust

Wilfried Hermes

Ingmar Bruder

Sebastian Mueller

Heidi Bechtel

Regina Hoeh

Fabian Dittmann

Thomas Hupfauer

Timo Altenbeck

Anke Handreck

Peter Paul Kaletta

Darren Richard Gould

Ingolf Hennig

Daniel Kaelblein

Hubert Waindok

Svetlana Guriyanova

Stefan Klueh

Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector for an optical detection including the optical sensor, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical detector. The optical sensor includes a stack.

Method for selecting an optical sensor

Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector including the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical detector. The optical sensor can be supplied as a non-bulky hermetic package which provides an increased degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen over long terms. Further, the optical sensor may be easily manufactured and integrated on a circuit carrier device.

Optical sensor and detector for an optical detection

A device includes at least one array of photoconductors, at least one bias voltage source, and at least one photoconductor readout circuit. Each photoconductor is configured for exhibiting an electrical resistance dependent on an illumination of its light-sensitive region, and at least one photoconductor of the array is designed as characterizing photoconductor. The bias voltage source is configured for applying at least one alternating bias voltage to the characterizing photoconductor or at least one direct current (DC) bias voltage to the characterizing photoconductor. The photoconductor readout circuit is configured for determining of a response voltage of the characterizing photoconductor generated in response to the bias voltage. The response voltage is proportional to a variable characterizing the array of photoconductors. The photoconductor readout circuit configured for determining of the response voltage of the characterizing photoconductor during operation of the array of photoconductors.

Photoconductor readout device and method of using same for determining responsivity and detectivity

Described herein is a spectrometer device. The spectrometer device includes:

Spectrometer device

Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector including the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, and a method for manufacturing the optical sensor. The optical sensor () includes The optical sensor () exhibits a linear current-voltage characteristic according to Ohm's law.

Photoconductor readout circuit

The present invention relates to an optical sensor, a detector comprising the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical sensor and the detector. Furthermore, the invention relates to a human-machine interface, an entertainment device, a scanning system, a tracking system, a stereoscopic system, and a camera. The optical sensor () comprises a layer () of at least one photoconductive material (), at least two individual electrical contacts (') contacting the layer () of the photoconductive material (), and a cover layer () deposited on the layer () of the photoconductive material (), wherein the cover layer () is an amorphous layer comprising at least one metal-containing compound (). The optical sensor () can be supplied as a non-bulky hermetic package which, nevertheless, provides a high degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen. Moreover, the cover layer () is capable of activating the photoconductive material () which results in an increased performance of the optical sensor (). Further, the optical sensor () may be easily manufactured and integrated on a circuit carrier device.

Described herein are a spectrometer system and a spectrometer device, which are suited for investigation or monitoring purposes, in particular, in the infrared (IR) spectral region, and for a detection of heat, flames, fire, or smoke. The spectrometer device allows capturing incident light from object and transferring the incident light to a length variable filter with a particularly high concentration efficiency. Apart from the spectrometer device, the spectrometer system further includes an evaluation unit designated for determining information related to a spectrum of an object by evaluating the detector signals provided by the spectrometer device.

Spectrometer device and system

The invention relates to a detector () for optical detection comprising a circuit carrier () designed to carry at least one layer, wherein the circuit carrier () is or comprises a printed circuit board (); a reflective layer (), the reflective layer () being placed on a partition of the circuit carrier (), wherein the reflective layer () is designed to reflect the incident light beam (), thereby generating at least one reflected light beam (); a substrate layer (), the substrate layer () being directly or indirectly adjacent to the reflective layer (), wherein the substrate layer () is at least partially transparent with respect to the incident light beam (); a sensor layer (), the sensor layer () being placed on the substrate layer (), wherein the sensor layer () is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer () by the incident light beam and the reflected light beam (); and an evaluation device () designed to generate at least one item of information by evaluating the sensor signal; and at least two individual electrical contacts (') contacting the sensor layer (), wherein the electrical contacts (&#x2032;) are designed to transmit the sensor signal via the circuit carrier () to the evaluation device (). The detector () constitutes a detector for detecting optical radiation, especially within the infrared spectral range, specifically with regard to sensing at least one of transmissivity, absorption, emission and reflectivity, being capable of avoiding a loss of incident light.

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