THERMOPILE ELEMENT AND GAS DETECTOR
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermopile element capable of precisely detecting the quantity of infrared light while specifying the constitution of a cold junction, and a gas detector including such a thermopile element.SOLUTION: An infrared detection element 31 is so configured that the ratio...
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Zusammenfassung: | PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermopile element capable of precisely detecting the quantity of infrared light while specifying the constitution of a cold junction, and a gas detector including such a thermopile element.SOLUTION: An infrared detection element 31 is so configured that the ratio (Lc(ave)/L) of a cold contact-side average dimension Lc(ave) and a tapered area dimension L is 1/3 or less. Consequently, the length dimension from a border line between a membrane part 43a and a frame part 41 to the cold contact 49 at a thermocouple part 45 can be limited to a certain value or less, and the thermocouple part 45 is suppressed from increasing electric resistance value. Further, a temperature difference between a hold contact 48 and the cold contact 49 can be secured according to the reception amount of infrared light by thus specifying the position of the cold contact 49 in the frame part 41, and electromotive force of the thermocouple part 45 can be secured according to the reception amount of infrared light. Consequently, an infrared detection element 31 can precisely detect the amount of infrared light while specifying the constitution of the cold contact 49.
【課題】 冷接点の構成を特定しつつ、赤外線の光量を精度良く検出することが出来るサーモパイル素子、およびそのようなサーモパイル素子を備えるガス検知器を提供する。【解決手段】 赤外線検知素子31は、冷接点側平均寸法Lc(ave)とテーパ領域寸法Lとの比率(Lc(ave)/L)が1/3以下となる構成である。これにより、熱電対部45のうち、メンブレン部43aと枠部41との境界線から冷接点49までの長さ寸法を一定値以下に制限することができ、熱電対部45の電気抵抗値が大きくなることを抑制できる。また、このようにして枠部41における冷接点49の位置を特定することで、赤外線の受光量に応じて温接点48と冷接点49との温度差を確保でき、赤外線の受光量に応じて熱電対部45の起電力を確保できる。よって、赤外線検知素子31によれば、冷接点49の構成を特定しつつ、赤外線の光量を精度良く検出することが出来る。【選択図】 図5 |
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