Sensor apparatus and method for producing a sensor apparatus
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsGeorg ERNST, Horst THEUSS
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a sensor apparatus is provided. The sensor apparatus includes a sensor device having a plurality of electrical contacts; a housing having a plurality of sidewalls; and a metal carrier structure, which extends into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls. The metal carrier structure is embodied in a resilient fashion at least in the direction of a sidewall through which the metal carrier structure extends. The sensor device having the plurality of electrical contacts is mounted in a resilient fashion on the metal carrier structure and is electrically conductively connected to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts.
Claims17
A sensor apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor device having a plurality of electrical contacts;
- a housing having a plurality of sidewalls;
- a metal carrier structure, which extends into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls;
- wherein the metal carrier structure is embodied in a resilient fashion at least in the direction of a sidewall through which the metal carrier structure extends;
- and
- wherein the sensor device having the plurality of electrical contacts is mounted in a resilient fashion on the metal carrier structure and is electrically conductively connected to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts.
A method for producing a sensor apparatus, the method comprising:
- arranging a spacer above a metal carrier structure;
- forming a housing around a part of the metal carrier structure and the spacer in such a way that the metal carrier structure extends into the housing in a manner passing through two mutually opposite sidewalls from the plurality of sidewalls, wherein the metal carrier structure is embodied in a resilient fashion at least in the direction of a sidewall through which the metal carrier structure extends;
- resiliently mounting a sensor device, which has a plurality of electrical contacts, on the metal carrier structure by the electrical contacts;
- and
- electrically conductively connecting the sensor device to the metal carrier structure by the plurality of contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.