Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor arrangement and method for operating a sensor arrangement
- Patent Title (中): 用于操作传感器装置的传感器布置和方法
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Application No.: US10530882Application Date: 2003-10-14
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Publication No.: US07662341B2Publication Date: 2010-02-16
- Inventor: Björn-Oliver Eversmann , Christian Paulus , Roland Thewes
- Applicant: Björn-Oliver Eversmann , Christian Paulus , Roland Thewes
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Priority: DE10247889 20021014
- International Application: PCT/EP03/11381 WO 20031014
- International Announcement: WO2004/036203 WO 20040429
- Main IPC: G01N33/00
- IPC: G01N33/00

Abstract:
A sensor arrangement and method of operating the sensor arrangement are described. The sensor arrangement has sensor devices formed on or in a substrate and a calibration device for calibrating a respective sensor device. Each sensor device has an electrical signal converter which is a field-effect transistor (FET) having a gate terminal coupled to a sensor element that is coupled to the signal converter, a device that keeps constant the electrical voltage between source and drain terminals of the FET, and a device for detecting the value of the electric current flowing through the signal converter. The sensor element characteristically influences the electrical conductivity of the signal converter on account of a sensor event on the sensor element. The calibration device brings the gate region of the FET to an electrical calibration potential such that the electric current is independent of parameter fluctuations of the FET.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060057025A1 Sensor arrangement and method for operating a sensor arrangement Public/Granted day:2006-03-16
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