Patent · US Expired

Sensor module with integrated signal processing

US6921895B1 · kind B1 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Perkinelmer Optoelectronics · US

Inventors

Jörg Schieferdecker · Dresden, DE
Mischa Schulze · Simbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 1999
Grant date	Jul 26, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D23/27
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor module comprises a radiation-sensitive sensor element (12), a sensor signal processing circuit (13, 41a, 44a) receiving the output signal of the sensor element (12) and obtaining a radiation-dependent first electric signal therefrom, a temperature-sensitive reference means (14, 15, 41b, 43, 44b) providing a temperature-dependent second electric signal and a signal combining means (16) for combining the two electric signals. The sensor signal processing circuit (13, 41a, 44a), the reference means (14, 15, 41b, 44b) and the combining means (16) are formed on a single chip (20, 21), and the chip (20, 21) and the sensor element (12) are accommodated in a common housing (22, 62, 64).

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