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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Antal Keckes, Gottmadingen, DE;
Peter Schuler, Nagold, DE;
Thomas Hermann, Stetten a.k.M., DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON, Pfäffikon SZ, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0203 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960755 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an electronic proximity sensor having a decorative surface, characterized in that the decorative surface comprises a semiconductor layer, the thickness of which is between 10 nm and 100 nm. This coating imparts a desired metallic appearance to the proximity sensor, without the property thereof as a proximity sensor being lost.