Patent ID: 6027622
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a plurality of sensor elements, comprising the steps of:laminating onto each of a predetermined plurality of areas of a support layer a first layer;laminating over each first layer a second layer, wherein, in each predetermined area, the first and second layers jointly form a heating device, each of the predetermined areas of the support layer covered by the first and second layers having a width that is less than a width of the support layer so that a depression is formed between adjacent heating devices;coating each of the plurality of heating devices and the depressions formed therebetween with a surface layer;performing a dicing operating in a region of each depression to separate a plurality of sensor elements from one another, each of the sensor elements including a heating device, a portion of the surface layer and a portion of the support layer; andsintering each one of the plurality of sensor elements.