Patent ID: 7964954

Claim:
An integrated circuit having a semiconductor sensor device comprising: a sensor housing having three regions arranged one above another in a sandwich-like framework, the three regions including: a lower region comprising a substrate plate an upper region comprising a covering plate supported by and spaced from the substrate plate by a plurality of column-like spacers which extend from the substrate and are spaced apart from one another, the covering plate including an opening to the surroundings; and an intermediate region comprising a space between the substrate plate and covering plate; a sensor chip with a sensor region arranged in the intermediate region of the housing, wherein the sensor region faces the opening in the covering plate, and wherein the intermediate region is filled with a rubber-elastic composition such that the sensor chip is embedded in the rubber-elastic composition with the entire surfaces all sides contacting the rubber-elastic compound and such that the sensor chip is spaced from the substrate plate, the covering plate, and the column-like spacers, with the column-like spacers also being embedded in the rubber-elastic composition such that the rubber-elastic composition forms exterior side faces of the sensor housing in the intermediate region.