Patent ID: 7064403

Claim:
A device for detecting incident infrared radiation, comprising: at least one chip assembly for detecting infrared radiation; at least one bonding wire that starts out from the at least one chip assembly and runs through electrically conductive terminals to an exterior of a housing; passivation material that is distributed in such a manner that the at least one bonding wire is completely enclosed by the passivation material, wherein: a surface region of the at least one chip assembly faces the incident infrared radiation and is not covered by the passivatiom material; and a preformed housing within which the at least one chip assembly is accommodated, wherein the preformed housing includes a geometric structure that runs around at least part of an inner wall of the preformed housing and is shaped in such a manner that the geometric structure is not traversed by the passivation material as a result of passivation-material creep caused by one of wetting forces and adhesion forces between the passivation material and the inner wall of the preformed housing, the passivation-material creep leading away from a base of the preformed housing.