Sensor
AssigneesKYOCERA Corporation, Osaka University
InventorsHiroyasu Tanaka, Hideharu Kurioka, Eiichi Tamiya, Masato Saito
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Abstract
A sensor is provided with a sensor element which outputs a signal in accordance with a detected object contained in a specimen positioned on a detection part in an element surface and with a package which accommodates the sensor element inside it and has a passage including a space positioned on the element surface. A lower surface of the passage has the element surface and a lower surface of an inflow passage extending toward the space, and a gap is positioned between the lower surface of the inflow passage and the element surface. The element surface is positioned above the lower surface of the inflow passage.
Claims8
A sensor, comprising:
- a sensor element comprising an element surface having a first end and a second end, the sensor element being configured to output a signal in accordance with a detected object contained in a specimen positioned at a detection part in the element surface;
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- a package configured to accommodate the sensor element in an internal portion thereof and comprising a passage including an inflow passage, an outflow passage and a space located between the inflow and outflow passages, wherein the element surface is located within the space, and wherein
- a lower surface of the passage comprises the element surface and a lower surface of the inflow passage and a lower surface of the outflow passage,
- a first gap is positioned between the lower surface of the inflow passage and the first end of the element surface, wherein the first gap runs substantially perpendicular to the lower surface of the inflow passage,
- the lower surface of the inflow passage does not include a lower surface of the first gap,
- the element surface is positioned such that it is higher than the lower surface of the inflow passage and the lower surface of the outflow passage is positioned higher than the element surface.
A sensor, comprising:
- a sensor element comprising an element surface having a first end and a second end, the sensor element being configured to output a signal in accordance with a detected object contained in a specimen positioned at a detection part in the element surface;
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- a package configured to accommodate the sensor element in an internal portion thereof and comprising a passage including an inflow passage, an outflow passage and a space located between the inflow and outflow passages, wherein the element surface is located within the space, and wherein
- a lower surface of the passage comprises the element surface and a lower surface of the outflow passage extending from the space to an advancing direction of the specimen,
- a gap is positioned between the second end of the element surface and the lower surface of the outflow passage, wherein the gap runs substantially perpendicular to the lower surface of the outflow passage,
- the lower surface of the inflow passage does not include a lower surface of the gap,
- the element surface is positioned above the lower surface of the inflow passage, and
- the lower surface of the outflow passage is positioned above the element surface.
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