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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin T Gerber, Carmel, IN (US);
Peter J Hesketh, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136225 ; 136224 ; 136230 ; 136231 ; 136212 ;
Abstract
Thermopile has a plurality of reference junctions and a plurality of measurement thermocouple junctions connected electrically alternately in series on a dielectric support. Each reference junction has thereover a first medium which is nonthermally responsive and each measurement junction has thereover a second medium which is thermally responsive. The first and second mediums occupy areas which are arranged in a checkerboard pattern, the reference junctions under areas occupied by said first medium each being electrically connected directly to a measurement thermocouple under an area occupied by said second medium.