Patent ID: 8915121
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B82Y,G01N,H01L

Abstract:
1. An encapsulated device, comprising a base substrate, an electronic component arranged on the base substrate and enclosed within an encapsulation that protects the electronic component from moisture, oxygen, or moisture and oxygen, and at least one gas permeation sensor arranged on the base substrate and enclosed within the encapsulation, said gas permeation sensor being capable of measuring the permeation of gas into the encapsulation and having at least one physical or physico-chemical property that is at least substantially the same as the electronic component, wherein the at least one physical or physico-chemical property is selected from the group consisting of dimension of an accessible surface of the at least one sensor, surface area-to-volume ratio and reactivity with moisture, oxygen or moisture and oxygen, wherein each of said at least one gas permeation sensor comprises: