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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2019
Pixart Imaging Incorporation, HsinChu, TW;
Ming-Han Tsai, HsinChu, TW;
Shin-Lin Wang, HsinChu, TW;
PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a thermal pile sensing structure integrated with one or more capacitors, which includes: a substrate, an infrared sensing unit and a partition structure. The infrared sensing unit includes a first and a second sensing structure. A hot junction is formed between the first and the second sensing structures at a location where the first and the second sensing structures are close to each other. A cold junction is formed between the partition structure and the first sensing structure at a location where these two structures are close to each other. Another cold junction is formed between the partition structure and the second sensing structure at a location where these two structures are close to each other. A temperature difference between the hot junction and the cold junction generates a voltage difference signal. Apart of the partition structure forms at least one capacitor.