NORINCO Group Develops Highly-Accurate Sensor Chip for Temperature Screening Devices

A highly-accurate sensor chip for the infrared thermometers developed by the EAST CHINA INSTITUTE OF PHOTO-ELECTRONIC, a subsidiary of China North Industries Group Corporation Limited's (NORINCO Group), to help epidemic prevention and control during the outbreak of the COVID-19, recently passed individual tests.

The core component of the MEMS infrared thermometer, the chip had previously been imported from other countries. To help relieve demand pressure for infrared thermometer and screening device production, the center started development of the chip at the end of January.

The tests show that the newly-developed chip has better anti-interference capacity than the main-stream products used to date in the market and can screen temperatures to 0.1 degrees.

It is expected that the prototype of the chip will be completed by the end of March and that the chip will go into mass production in early April with a monthly output of one million pieces.

A national-local joint MEMS project laboratory of the National Development and Reform Commission and NORINCO Group's innovation center of micro system manufacturing technology, the EAST CHINA INSTITUTE OF PHOTO-ELECTRONIC has an entire scientific and development chain of design, manufacturing, capsulation and testing for MEMS sensors.

The center will develop highly-accurate thermometer products to support temperature screening needs for epidemic prevention and control as well as enterprises' resumption of production.

The product capsulation room at the EAST CHINA INSTITUTE OF PHOTO-ELECTRONIC [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)