IP Library Granted Patent US 9,529,450
Granted Patent B2
US 9,529,450 · App. 14/413,813 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Coated component

Inventor: Antal Keckes (Gottmadingen, DE)
Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAFFIKON
G06F3/0304G06F3/03547G06F3/042
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Patent No.
US 9,529,450
App. No.
14/413,813
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns an infrared sensor, in particular an optical finger navigation module, with a component used as a cover glass for the sensor, the component comprising a sensor region and a transparent region, the transparent region comprising a thin layer system which is at least partially transparent for visible light and comprises at least one layer, and the at least one layer being a metal layer, a semiconductor layer and/or a combination of a plurality of metals and/or a plurality of semiconductors, or comprising a combination of at least one metal and at least one semiconductor, characterized in that both the sensor region and the transparent region are covered with a UV-hardening hardened lacquer layer.

Claims (10)

1. Infrared sensor with a component used as a cover glass for the sensor, the component comprising a sensor region and a transparent region, the transparent region comprising a thin layer system which is at least partially transparent for visible light and comprises at least one layer, and the at least one layer being a metal layer, a semiconductor layer and/or a combination of a plurality of metals and/or a plurality of semiconductors, or comprising a combination of at least one metal and at least one semiconductor, characterized in that both the sensor region as well as the transparent region are covered with a UV-hardening hardened lacquer layer,

wherein the sensor region being a central region made of black colored polycarbonate and transparent for infrared radiation, and

the transparent region being a border region made of transparent polycarbonate and at least partially transparent for visible light.

2. Infrared sensor according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one layer comprises chromium.

3. Infrared sensor according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one layer has a thickness of 20 nm.

4. Infrared sensor according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one layer has an adhesive layer lying directly on a substrate and a following functional layer.

5. Infrared sensor according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one layer comprises a chromium layer.

6. Infrared sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared sensor comprises an optical finger navigation module.

7. Infrared sensor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one layer comprises a metal layer, a semiconductor layer and/or a layer combining a plurality of metals and/or a plurality of semiconductors is a PVD deposited layer.

8. Infrared sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the UV-hardening hardened lacquer layer is approximately 20 μm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 10, 2016
From: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, TRUBBACH
To: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAFFIKON
Reel/Frame 040275/0949 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2015
From: KECKES, ANTAL
To: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, TRUBBACH
Reel/Frame 035320/0556 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 013 685 · Jul 11, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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