摘要:
A fluid sensor includes a substrate having a top main surface region, wherein the top main surface region of the substrate forms a common system plane of the fluid sensor, a thermal radiation emitter on the top main surface region of the substrate, an optical filter structure on the top main surface region of the substrate, a waveguide on the main top surface region of the substrate, and a thermal radiation detector on the top main surface region of the substrate, wherein the thermal radiation detector provides a detector output signal based on a radiation strength of the filtered thermal radiation received from the waveguide.
摘要:
A sensor system having coupling structures is disclosed. The system includes an input coupling structure, an interaction region, and an output coupling structure. The input coupling structure is configured to receive emitted light at a selected coupling efficiency and may provide filtering of the emitted light for a selected wavelength. The interaction region is coupled to the input coupling structure and configured to interact the light from the input coupling structure with a specimen. The output coupling structure is coupled to the interaction region and configured to provide interacted light from the interaction region to the detector.
摘要:
A micromechanical structure includes a substrate and a functional structure arranged at the substrate. The functional structure has a functional region configured to deflect with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region. The functional structure includes a conductive base layer and a functional structure comprising a stiffening structure having a stiffening structure material arranged at the conductive base layer and only partially covering the conductive base layer at the functional region. The stiffening structure material includes a silicon material and at least a carbon material.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of quantum structures comprising predominantly germanium. The plurality of quantum structures are formed on a first semiconductor layer structure. The quantum structures of the plurality of quantum structures have a lateral dimension of less than 15 nm and an area density of at least 8×1011 quantum structures per cm2. The plurality of quantum structures are configured to emit light with a light emission maximum at a wavelength of between 2 μm and 10 μm or to absorb light with a light absorption maximum at a wavelength of between 2 μm and 10 μm.
摘要:
A sensor and methods of making a sensor are disclosed. The sensor may include a substrate, an optical source, an optical detector, a plurality of optical cavities in the substrate or in a layer structure over the substrate, where the plurality of optical cavities may be arranged in an optical path between the optical source and the optical detector, and a processing circuit coupled to the optical detector and configured to receive a signal representing an optical signal received by the optical detector.
摘要:
A micromechanical structure comprises a substrate and a functional structure arranged at the substrate. The functional structure comprises a functional region which is deflectable with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region. The functional structure comprises a carbon layer arrangement, wherein a basis material of the carbon layer arrangement is a carbon material.
摘要:
A micromechanical structure includes a substrate and a functional structure arranged at the substrate. The functional structure has a functional region configured to deflect with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region. The functional structure includes a conductive base layer and a functional structure comprising a stiffening structure having a stiffening structure material arranged at the conductive base layer and only partially covering the conductive base layer at the functional region. The stiffening structure material includes a silicon material and at least a carbon material.
摘要:
A sensor system having a multi-pass interaction region is disclosed. The system includes an input region, a multi-pass region, and an output region. The input region is configured to receive emitted light. The multi-pass region is coupled to the input region and is configured to absorb portions of the emitted light according to a specimen proximate the multi-pass region. The output region is coupled to the multi-pass region and is configured to provide interacted light from the multi-pass region.
摘要:
A micro mechanical structure includes a substrate and a functional structure arranged at the substrate. The functional structure includes a functional region which is deflectable with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region. The functional structure further includes a conductive base layer having a conductive base layer material. The conductive base layer material includes sectionally in a stiffening section a carbon material such that a carbon concentration of the carbon material in the conductive base layer material is at least 1014 per cubic cm and at least higher by a factor of 103 than in the conductive base layer material adjacent to the stiffening section.
摘要:
In various embodiments, a method for manufacturing microphone structures is provided. The method may include: Providing a substrate having a front side and a back side, the backside facing away from the front side, and having an inner area and an outer area laterally surrounding the inner area, with the inner area comprising a plurality of microphone areas each microphone are being provided for one microphone of the plurality of microphones; Forming a plurality of layers for the plurality of microphones in the microphone areas on the front side of the substrate; Forming a recess from the backside of the substrate with the recess laterally overlapping the entire inner area; Forming a plurality of cavities into a bottom of the recess with each cavity of the plurality of cavities being formed in one of the microphone areas; Processing the layers to form the plurality of microphone structures, wherein each microphone structure comprises at least one layer of the plurality of layers and one cavity; and Separating the plurality of microphone structures from each other.