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US 12,117,349 B2Granted
Sensor system, sensor array and process of using the sensor system
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsAndreas Barbul, Matthias König
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Abstract
In an embodiment a sensor system includes a first sensor having a first thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a first heater configured to heat the first thermistor and a second sensor having a second thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a second heater configured to heat the second thermistor, wherein a heat conduction path between the first heater and the first thermistor has a higher thermal conductivity than a heat conduction path between the second heater and the second thermistor.
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A sensor system comprising:
- a first sensor having a first thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a first heater configured to heat the first thermistor;
- and
- a second sensor having a second thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a second heater configured to heat the second thermistor,
- wherein a heat conduction path between the first heater and the first thermistor has a higher thermal conductivity than a heat conduction path between the second heater and the second thermistor, and
- wherein the heat conduction path in the first sensor is a path along which the heat is conductable between the first heater and the first thermistor, and the heat conduction path in the second sensor is a path along which the heat is conductable between the second heater and the second thermistor.
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A sensor system comprising:
- a first sensor having a first thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a first heater configured to heat the first thermistor;
- and
- a second sensor having a second thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a second heater configured to heat the second thermistor,
- wherein a heat conduction path between the first heater and the first thermistor has a higher thermal conductivity than a heat conduction path between the second heater and the second thermistor,
- wherein the heat conduction path between the first heater and the first thermistor includes a first interlayer arranged between the first heater and the first thermistor,
- wherein the heat conduction path between the second heater and the second thermistor includes a second interlayer arranged between the second heater and the second thermistor, and
- wherein the first interlayer has a higher thermal conductivity than the second interlayer.
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A sensor system comprising:
- a first sensor having a first thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a first heater configured to heat the first thermistor;
- and
- a second sensor having a second thermistor configured to sense a change in heat flow and a second heater configured to heat the second thermistor,
- wherein a heat conduction path between the first heater and the first thermistor has a higher thermal conductivity than a heat conduction path between the second heater and the second thermistor,
- wherein the heat conduction path between the first heater and the first thermistor includes a first interlayer arranged between the first heater and the first thermistor,
- wherein the heat conduction path between the second heater and the second thermistor includes a second interlayer arranged between the second heater and the second thermistor,
- wherein the first interlayer and the second interlayer comprise a chemically similar material, and
- wherein the first interlayer has a higher degree of crystallinity and/or comprises crystallites with a larger average size than the second interlayer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.