Patent ID: 7464603

Claim:
A sensor component comprising: a housing including a cavity that is open to the surroundings of the housing; contact pads arranged in the cavity; a rubber-elastic layer comprising cleavable organometallic or inorganic metal-containing complexes disposed within the layer, wherein metals of at least some of the complexes are uncovered at a top side of the rubber-elastic layer and form metallic wiring nuclei of wiring lines along the top side of the rubber-elastic layer; at least one component arranged in the housing cavity and at least partially embedded within the rubber-elastic layer such that a rear side and edge sides of the at least one component are disposed within the rubber-elastic layer, the at least one component comprising a sensor chip with a sensor region disposed on a top side and facing an opening in the housing cavity, wherein the wiring lines electrically connect the sensor region of the sensor chip to the contact pads within the housing cavity; and a rubber-elastic covering layer arranged on the top side of each component within the housing cavity.