Patent ID: 8671752

Claim:
A sensor system, comprising: a sensor element having a main plane of extension; and a supporting element attached to the sensor element, wherein the supporting element has (i) at least one contact element for electrical contacting of the sensor system, and (ii) at least one relief structure for stress decoupling, the at least one relief structure being situated in a plane parallel to the main plane of extension essentially between the at least one contact element and the sensor element; and at least one damping element attached to the supporting element in such a way that the at least one relief structure is bridged over by the damping element; wherein the relief structure includes a cut-out in the supporting element; wherein the cutout is a relief slit configured essentially U-shaped in a plane parallel to the main plane of extension, the relief slit extending at least partially around at least three sides of the sensor element in the plane parallel to the main plane of extension and surrounding a sub-area of the supporting element; wherein the sub-area is oscillatable with respect to a remainder of the supporting element; wherein the damping element includes a first end connected to the sub-area and a second end connected to the remainder of the supporting element, wherein an oscillating characteristic and a damping characteristic of the sub-area depends on at least one of a material property, a dimension, and a geometry of the damping element.