IP Library Granted Patent US 9,759,613
Granted Patent B2
US 9,759,613 · App. 13/643,723 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Temperature sensor device and radiation thermometer using this device, production method of temperature sensor device, multi-layered thin film thermopile using photo-resist film and radiation thermometer using this thermopile, and production method of multi-layered thin film thermopile

Inventors: Mitsuteru Kimura (Miyagi, JP); Nobuo Tanaka (Mie, JP); Hironori Shimobayashi (Mie, JP)
Assignees: HME CO., LTD.; TOHOKU GAKUIN
G01J5/02G01J5/16G01K7/01H01L35/08G01J2005/106
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Patent No.
US 9,759,613
App. No.
13/643,723
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a temperature sensor device using a thermopile, the total number n of thermocouples thereon can be increased without greatly increasing the internal resistance of the thermopile r, providing high output level and high S/N ratio, a highly sensitive radiation thermometer using the device, and production method of the device using organic material for thin films to form the thermopile. These provide a standardized inexpensive multi-layered thin film thermopile, a radiation thermometer with high sensitivity, and production method of these devices. The temperature sensor device is a device wherein a thermopile which is formed on a thin film thermally isolated from a substrate is place in a temperature sensing part, and the thin film is formed as a multi-layered thin film, a layered thermopile is formed on each layered thin film, the substrate functioning as a heat sink which is one junction of the reference temperature of the thermopile.

Claims (6)

1. A multi-layered film thermopile comprising:

a substrate;

a cavity;

a multi-layered film, thermally isolated from the substrate by the cavity, composed of layered films;

layered thermopiles formed on the layered films, the layered thermopiles on an upper film are connected in series with the layered thermopiles on a lower film, so as to increase the output of the composite thermopile being made of multi-layered films comprising a plurality of layered thermopiles thermally isolated from the substrate; and

via through-holes formed on the layered films, and at least one composite thermopile is formed thereon, and the layered films which constitute the multi-layered film are mainly made of photo-resist film, and the through-holes are formed by exposure and development on the photo-resist film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2012
From: KIMURA, MITSUTERU; TANAKA, NOBUO; SHIMOBAYASHI, HIRONORI
To: HME CO., LTD.; TOHOKU GAKUIN
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-100578 · Apr 26, 2010 · national
JP 2011-044604 · Mar 2, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140036953A1 · Feb 6, 2014