Patent ID: 8749013

Claim:
A sensor, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of micropatterned sensor elements arranged as diode pixels, each micropatterned sensor element having an electric characteristic, a value of the electric characteristic varying as a function of temperature; and a plurality of diaphragms each arranged above a cavity, wherein each diaphragm includes an oxide layer; wherein the micropatterned sensor elements are arranged on an underside of the diaphragms; wherein the sensor elements are contacted via connecting lines that extend at least one of (a) within, (b) on top of, and (c) underneath the diaphragms; wherein the micropatterned sensor elements include a monocrystalline layer formed on the underside of the diaphragms, the monocrystalline layer directly contacting the oxide layer, the monocrystalline layer having at least one pn-transition between a positively doped region and a negatively doped region; and wherein the diaphragms include suspension springs arranged as web-like regions in the diaphragms, and the sensor elements are suspended at the suspension springs.