Patent ID: 6863438

Claim:
A micropatterned thermosensor, comprising: a supporting body; and at least one thermocouple located on the supporting body, the thermocouple including a first material and a second material which form at least in a point-wise manner, at least one thermal contact with each other, at least one of the first material and the second material at least regionally configured in the form of one of a meander-shaped and an undulating circuit trace and arranged on the supporting body; wherein the first material and the second material extend one of substantially side-by-side in the form of circuit traces, the first material and the second material electrically insulated from one another with the exception of thermal contacts, and extend over one another at least regionally in the form of circuit traces, the first material and the second material electrically insulated from one another with the exception of thermal contacts; wherein the thermocouple includes a plurality of thermal contacts configured as one of a thermal chain and a thermal column, at least two of the thermal contacts to different temperatures; and wherein a first one of the thermal contacts is exposed to a first temperature, the first temperature kept one of constant and at least approximately constant, and a second one of the thermal contacts is exposed to a second temperature, the second temperature to be one of detected and measured, the thermosensor further comprising an additional measuring device configured to detect the first temperature.