Patent ID: 9515157
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G01J,G01L,G01N,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A sensor arrangement comprising: a carrier substrate; a ferroelectric layer disposed in a crystalline manner on the carrier substrate and forming a crystalline lattice, the ferroelectric layer disposed relative to the carrier substrate in a configuration by which mechanical distortion of the carrier substrate causes a mechanical distortion of the crystalline lattice and a change in polarizability of crystals among the crystalline lattice, wherein said change in polarizability of the crystals is accompanied by a change in permittivity of the ferroelectric layer; a plurality of planar plates configured relative to the ferroelectric layer to form one or more capacitive reading capacitors having a capacitance that is proportional to said permittivity of the ferroelectric layer, a first one capacitor of said one or more capacitive reading capacitors comprising a first planar electrode extending over a region of the ferroelectric layer that is less than an entire face of the ferroelectric layer.