Patent ID: 7473029

Claim:
A thermoanalytical sensor comprising: a substrate; at least one measurement position; a thermocouple arrangement, which is formed on a substantially planar surface of the substrate to deliver a thermoelectric signal; wherein said substrate is constructed for thermal coupling to a heat source and can conduct a heat flow between said heat source and said measurement position; wherein said thermocouple arrangement comprises a serial chain of thermocouple junctions that is associated with said measurement position; wherein the thermocouple junctions are connected to each other in a circuit arrangement and wherein each thermocouple junction is composed of two different thermocouple materials; wherein said circuit arrangement comprises at least two partial patterns arranged in at least two planes, with at least one insulating layer separating the planes from each other; wherein each of the at least two partial patterns of the circuit arrangement comprise at least one interlayer contact, the interlayer contacts of the partial patterns connected to each other through interlayer contact holes formed in the at least one insulating layer; and wherein each partial pattern is connected to the next partial pattern by only one connection.