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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Amako, Matsumoto, JP;
Kohei Yamada, Minowa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A sensor chip includes: a substrate that has a planar portion; and a diffraction grating on the planar portion and having a metal surface, the diffraction grating having a target substance thereon and including: a plurality of first protrusions periodically arranged in a period equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 1000 nm in a first direction parallel to the planar portion, a plurality of base portions located between two adjacent first protrusions and configures abase of the substrate, a plurality of second protrusions formed on upper faces of the plurality of first protrusions, and a plurality of third protrusions formed on the plurality of base portions.