Patent ID: 8784625

Claim:
A sensor element for detecting one of a concentration of a gas component or a temperature of an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a functional component situated in interior portion of the sensor element and between a first ceramic layer and a second ceramic layer; a conductor element, wherein the functional component is connected electrically conductive to the conductor element, and wherein the conductor element extends one of (i) up to an outer surface of the sensor element or (ii) up into surroundings of the sensor element, and wherein at least a portion of the conductor element extends at least partially within the same layer plane as the functional component and is gas-tight; and at least one sealing element adjoining at least one of the functional component and the conductor element, wherein at least a portion of the sealing element is situated at least partially within the same layer plane as a layer at least partially enclosing the functional component and is gas-tight; wherein the conductor element and the at least one sealing element are (i) configured to be gas-tight at least regionally in the interior of the sensor element and (ii) situated in such a way that the functional component is separated in a gas-tight manner from the surroundings of the sensor element, and (iii) are at least partially situated and gas-tight between the first and the second ceramic layers and (iv) positioned in such a way that the functional component is separated gas-tight from the surroundings of the sensor element, and wherein the sensor element has a layered construction.