Sensor

US7389674B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EnOcean GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolf-Eckhart Bulst · Munich, DE
• Frank Schmidt · Zorneding, DE
• Oliver Sczesny · Aschheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01D9/005
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An energy-autonomous sensor for detection of physical environmental parameters, having at least one sensor element, one storage element and one control circuit, with a timer circuit which is activated on reaching a predetermined electrical voltage on the storage element, activates the sensor and the control circuit at predetermined time intervals, and deactivates them after a predetermined operating time, such that this results in a time duration of sensor operation and a sensor operation pause.