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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 7/0087 (2013.01); B81B 7/0096 (2013.01); B81B 7/02 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0264 (2013.01); B81B 2207/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting contamination of a microelectromechanical sensor element. The method includes the following steps: outputting heating control signals for controlling a heating device in order to heat the sensor element, receiving measuring signals that represent a physical variable that is measured with the aid of the heated sensor element, ascertaining, based on the measured physical variable, whether the sensor element has contamination or is free of contamination, outputting result signals that represent a result indicating whether the sensor element has contamination or is free of contamination. Moreover, a device is described.