High-resolution thermopile infrared sensor array with thermopile elements of the sensor array, hereinafter referred to as pixels, with monolithically integrated signal processing, a plurality of parallel signal processing channels (K 1...K N) for the signals of the pixels of the sensor array, as well as a digital port for serial output of the signals of the pixels, - wherein the sensor array is located on a sensor chip - wherein each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) is arranged on the sensor chip and has at least one analog/digital converter, - wherein the outputs of the analog/digital converters of each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) are connected to a memory area in a memory, which can be read out via a control circuit, for storing the results of the analog/digital converters, - wherein a number a of at least one pixel and at most 16 pixels share a signal processing channel (K 1...K N), - wherein the signal processing channels (K 1...K N) are distributed in the edge area of the individual pixels, in the peripheral edge area of the sensor chip or in both areas, - wherein each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) contains a low-pass filter for limiting the noise bandwidth, the cut-off frequency of which corresponds at least to the product of the frame rate of the thermopile infrared sensor array and the number of pixels per signal processing channel (K 1...K N), but at most to three times the amount of the product, - wherein the number a of pixels for 16 ≥ a > 1 is connected via multiplexers or areas of a multiplexer to the respectively assigned signal processing channel (K 1...K N), and for each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) a signal multiplexer for selecting the pixels of the sensor array assigned to the signal processing channel (K 1...K N) is present on the sensor chip or, with a number of pixels a = 1, each pixel has its own signal processing channel (K 1...K N) without a signal multiplexer, - wherein the center-to-center distance between the individual pixels of the sensor array is less than 200 pm, - wherein the analog-to-digital converter has a resolution of at least 10 bits and a conversion rate of at least 15 Hz and operates according to an integrating method, and - wherein a preamplifier is connected upstream of the analog/digital converter in each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) and the preamplifiers have an amplification factor of less than 500. - wherein the sensor array is located on a sensor chip - wherein each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) is arranged on the sensor chip and has at least one analog/digital converter, - wherein the outputs of the analog/digital converters of each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) are connected to a memory area in a memory, which can be read out via a control circuit, for storing the results of the analog/digital converters, - wherein a number a of at least one pixel and at most 16 pixels share a signal processing channel (K 1...K N), - wherein the signal processing channels (K 1...K N) are distributed in the edge area of the individual pixels, in the peripheral edge area of the sensor chip or in both areas, - wherein each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) contains a low-pass filter for limiting the noise bandwidth, the cut-off frequency of which corresponds at least to the product of the frame rate of the thermopile infrared sensor array and the number of pixels per signal processing channel (K 1...K N), but at most to three times the amount of the product, - wherein the number a of pixels for 16 ≥ a > 1 is connected via multiplexers or areas of a multiplexer to the respectively assigned signal processing channel (K 1...K N), and for each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) a signal multiplexer for selecting the pixels of the sensor array assigned to the signal processing channel (K 1...K N) is present on the sensor chip or, with a number of pixels a = 1, each pixel has its own signal processing channel (K 1...K N) without a signal multiplexer, - wherein the center-to-center distance between the individual pixels of the sensor array is less than 200 pm, - wherein the analog-to-digital converter has a resolution of at least 10 bits and a conversion rate of at least 15 Hz and operates according to an integrating method, and - wherein a preamplifier is connected upstream of the analog/digital converter in each signal processing channel (K 1...K N) and the preamplifiers have an amplification factor of less than 500.