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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nobuaki Shimamoto, Fukui, JP;
Nayuta Minami, Fukui, JP;
Abstract
An infrared sensor includes: a package body; an infrared sensor chip mounted on a front surface of the package body; an outside cap made of metal, having a function of transmitting infrared light as a detection target for the infrared sensor chip, and attached to the package body such that the outside cap is in front of, and covers, the infrared sensor chip; an inside cap made of metal, having a function of transmitting the infrared light as the detection target for the infrared sensor chip, and disposed between the package body and the outside cap such that the inside cap is in front of, and covers the infrared sensor chip; and a ground terminal to be connected to external ground. The outside cap is electrically insulated from the inside cap and the infrared sensor chip. The inside cap is electrically connected to the ground terminal.