Patents Assigned to First Sensor AG
  • Publication number: 20240102873
    Abstract: A notification sensor arrangement includes a drift pressure sensor measuring a drift signal indicative of a drift of a differential pressure sensor. The drift pressure sensor has a drift sensing unit formed on or in a symmetrical diaphragm, which has an upper side in fluid communication with a first fluid having a first pressure and a lower side in fluid communication with the first fluid having the first pressure. The notification sensor arrangement includes a comparing unit comparing the drift signal with a predefined threshold value to determine if the drift of the differential pressure sensor is a critical drift, a notification unit outputting a warning signal in response to a determination of the critical drift, and a base supporting the drift pressure sensor and the differential pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Ilie Poenaru, Corneliu Tobescu, Rafael Teipein
  • Publication number: 20230268359
    Abstract: A photosensitive element includes a semiconductor substrate, a light sensitive region formed in the semiconductor substrate, an inactive region at least partly surrounding the light sensitive region, and a protective layer having an opening leaving the light sensitive region uncovered by the protective layer. The protective layer is an anti-reflective coating having in at least a part of a spectral range between 300 nm and 1200 nm a reflectivity of less than 10% and a transmittance of less than 0.1%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Ruben Chavez, Martin Wilke, Marc Schillgalies, Iman Sabri Alirezaei, Michael Pierschel
  • Patent number: 11728444
    Abstract: An arrangement for an optoelectronic component includes a substrate and an optical semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate. The optical semiconductor chip has an optically active region, a first optically non-active region, and a second optically non-active region. A connection structure connects a chip-side electrical connection to the optically active region. An electrical connection connects the chip-side electrical connection to a second substrate-side electrical connection. A coating is provided in a layer stack in the optically active region, in the first optically non-active region, and in the second optically non-active region. The layer stack includes a first layer and a second layer arranged above the first layer. The chip-side electrical connection and the connection structure in the first optically non-active region and the protective layer in the second optically non-active region are each arranged between the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Martin Wilke, Sabine Friedrich, Stephan Dobritz
  • Publication number: 20220181247
    Abstract: A chip module includes a chip having a front side and a rear side, a chip carrier having an upper side facing the chip, a contact layer formed of an electrically conductive material and arranged on the upper side of the chip carrier between the rear side of the chip and the upper side of the chip carrier, and an electrically conductive adhesive arranged on an upper side of the contact layer facing the chip. The electrically conductive adhesive connects the upper side of the contact layer and the rear side of the chip. The contact layer has a plurality of regions electrically insulated from each other and each electrically connected to the chip by the electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Stephan Dobritz, Christoph Findeisen, Michael Pierschel
  • Patent number: 11320330
    Abstract: Provided is an arrangement for a semiconductor-based pressure sensor chip including: piezoresistive elements which are formed having an electrically doped channel in a layer arrangement in the region of a pressure membrane of a semiconductor substrate; an electrically conductive cover layer which is formed in the layer arrangement and is electrically insulated from the piezoresistive elements by an insulating layer; a bridge circuit of transistors, each of which are formed having one of the piezoresistive elements, wherein gate electrodes of the transistors are arranged in electrically doped layer regions in the electrically conductive cover layer, said layer regions being formed separately from one another; and a signal feedback, using which an output signal applied to the output of the bridge circuit is fed back in a signal-amplifying manner to one or more of the gate electrodes. Also provided is a pressure sensor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FIRST SENSOR AG
    Inventor: Michael Pierschel
  • Publication number: 20210408302
    Abstract: An arrangement for an optoelectronic component includes a substrate and an optical semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate. The optical semiconductor chip has an optically active region, a first optically non-active region, and a second optically non-active region. A connection structure connects a chip-side electrical connection to the optically active region. An electrical connection connects the chip-side electrical connection to a second substrate-side electrical connection. A coating is provided in a layer stack in the optically active region, in the first optically non-active region, and in the second optically non-active region. The layer stack includes a first layer and a second layer arranged above the first layer. The chip-side electrical connection and the connection structure in the first optically non-active region and the protective layer in the second optically non-active region are each arranged between the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Martin Wilke, Sabine Friedrich, Stephan Dobritz
  • Patent number: 11112288
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides thermal gas property sensors and compensated differential pressure sensors, as well as methods for measuring a physical property of a gas and methods for compensating differential pressure sensors. A reference overpressure of a gas is generated in a cavity. Based on the flow of the gas from the cavity through a channel, properties of the gas are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Oleg Grudin, Andreas Niendorf
  • Patent number: 8823124
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure for a radiation detector, comprising a substrate composed of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate is provided with a semiconductor layer provided on the substrate and having a higher resistance in comparison to the substrate, of the first conductivity type, and electrically doped with a doping concentration, a plurality of doped regions, wherein the plurality of doped regions are provided in the semiconductor substrate and separated from each other, of a second conductivity type that is opposite from the first conductivity type, and electrically doped with a doping concentration that is higher than the doping concentration in the semiconductor substrate, at least one further doping region, and a cover layer is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: First Sensor AG
    Inventor: Michael Pierschel
  • Patent number: 8796802
    Abstract: Semiconductor photodetectors are provided that may enable optimized usage of an active detector array. The semiconductor photodetectors may have a structure that can be produced and/or configured as simply as possible. A radiation detector system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Michael Pierschel, Frank Kudella
  • Publication number: 20130253873
    Abstract: There is described herein a method for calibrating gas flowmeters comprising only one calibration procedure performed at the device level. The step of calibrating the differential pressure sensor itself may be omitted, and the design of the sensor may therefore be simplified by eliminating the sensor conditioner and instead using a microcontroller on the device for signal processing. This is done by a two-point calibration procedure with the use of three correction coefficients to compensate for the variability of flow tubes and pressure sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST SENSOR AG
    Inventor: Oleg GRUDIN
  • Publication number: 20130207216
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure for a radiation detector, comprising a substrate composed of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate is provided with a semiconductor layer provided on the substrate and having a higher resistance in comparison to the substrate, of the first conductivity type, and electrically doped with a doping concentration, a plurality of doped regions, wherein the plurality of doped regions are provided in the semiconductor substrate and separated from each other, of a second conductivity type that is opposite from the first conductivity type, and electrically doped with a doping concentration that is higher than the doping concentration in the semiconductor substrate, at least one further doping region, and a cover layer is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST SENSOR AG
    Inventor: First Sensor AG
  • Publication number: 20130186202
    Abstract: A device for measuring acceleration includes a base plate and mass elements connected to the base plate via elastic support elements having measuring points. The support elements of a first and a second mass element are constructed such that the support element of the first and the second mass element have at the measuring points an identical response characteristic for a first acceleration component in a first direction, and mutually different response characteristics for a second acceleration component perpendicular to the first component. The deflection of the measurement points is measured and evaluated. The component in the first and second directions is stepwise eliminated, and the result adjusted for the eliminated component is used for recovering these two components. The result adjusted for the eliminated component is measured as static acceleration and the component acting in the first and the second direction is measured as dynamic acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST SENSOR AG
    Inventor: Jens Hansen
  • Publication number: 20120248562
    Abstract: Semiconductor photodetectors are provided that may enable optimized usage of an active detector array. The semiconductor photodetectors may have a structure that can be produced and/or configured as simply as possible. A radiation detector system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FIRST SENSOR AG
    Inventors: Michael Pierschel, Frank Kudella
  • Patent number: 8080804
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement with a medical gamma probe and an optical module arranged on the medical gamma probe, said optical module having a light source which emits light rays during operation and is configured to generate an optical pointer in a detection region of the medial gamma probe using the light rays from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: First Sensor AG
    Inventors: Harmut Baerwolff, Thomas Goebel, Olaf Hug