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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Ingo Herrmann, Friolzheim, DE;
Fabian Utermoehlen, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 (2006.01); G01J 5/14 (2006.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/14 (2013.01); G01J 5/12 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G01J 2005/106 (2013.01); G01J 2005/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a thermal sensor and a method for producing a thermal sensor of this type having a low signal-to-noise ratio at relatively high signal strengths. To this end, a thermoelectric generator is combined with a field effect transistor and a diode. Owing to its integrated diode and the barrier effect associated therewith, the thermal sensor is suitable for the economical and efficient design of imaging sensor arrays for converting thermal radiation into electrical signals.