Patent · US Expired

Sensor device with three-dimensional switch carrier having differently oriented infrared photodetectors

US7115850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. · DE

Inventors

Thomas Niemann · Delmenhorst, DE
Thomas Henke · Borgholzhausen, DE
Carsten Heilenkotter · Weyhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2004
Grant date	Oct 3, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/10151
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor device is provided for generating an electrical output signal in dependence on the position of a light source in relation to the sensor device. The sensor device has a three-dimensional switch carrier with several adjacent faces oriented in different directions, on which faces at least two sensors are arranged. On the two sides of a central face, there is arranged in each case a face, with an infrared light (IR) photodetector in each case, oriented at an angle to the central face, whereby the faces on which the IR photodetectors are arranged are not directly adjacent to one another.

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