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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:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 18 ; 338 25 ; 338306 ;
Abstract
An infrared radiation sensor has a bridge portion which bridges a cave portion formed in a sensor substrate. The bridge portion includes an infrared radiation receiving portion and support portions for supporting the infrared radiation receiving portion. The plane shape of the infrared radiation receiving portion is a square or a circle which has a greater side length or a greater diameter than the width of the supporting portions to increase the amount of infrared radiation received by the infrared receiving portion.