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Patent No.:

US 9865763 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2015

Method, a semiconductor detector, and a detector arrangement, for the detection of sunlight

Applicant:

Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Tobias Erlbacher, Poxdorf, DE;

Assignee:

FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Munich, DE;

Attorney:

Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

Primary Examiner:

David Porta

Assistant Examiner:

Mamadou Faye

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01); H01L 31/103 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); H01L 25/03 (2006.01); H01L 29/161 (2006.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); H01L 31/0312 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/105 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1037 (2013.01); B60H 1/0075 (2013.01); G01J 1/02 (2013.01); G01J 1/42 (2013.01); G01J 1/429 (2013.01); H01L 25/03 (2013.01); H01L 27/1446 (2013.01); H01L 29/161 (2013.01); H01L 31/02161 (2013.01); H01L 31/02162 (2013.01); H01L 31/0312 (2013.01); H01L 31/103 (2013.01); H01L 31/105 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4266 (2013.01); H01L 27/148 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention concerns a method for the detection of sunlight with a detector arrangement that delivers an output signal as a function of incident sunlight. In the method a detector arrangement is deployed with an SiC-semiconductor detector, which is only sensitive to the UV-component of the incident sunlight. By the deployment of such a detector arrangement a disturbance of the sunlight detection by artificial light sources is to a large extent avoided, so that a more reliable detection of the sunlight is enabled.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Erlbacher, Tobias. (2018). Method, a semiconductor detector, and a detector arrangement, for the detection of sunlight (U.S. Patent No. 9865763). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9865763

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