阅读说明：本技术 角度检测装置 (Angle detection device ) 是由 W·瓦尔拉芬 于 2020-03-19 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种角度检测装置,特别是用于燃料液位检测装置的角度检测装置,其中,所述角度检测装置具有：载体(10)；封装材料(20),其以材料接合的方式布置在载体(10)上；用于无接触地检测磁体(100)的磁场方向的传感器(40；41),该传感器被至少部分地布置在封装材料(20)中、特别是被布置在载体(10)上；和至少一个导体线路(60-62),其特别是以材料接合的方式平地布置在载体(10)处。(The invention relates to an angle detection device, in particular for a fuel level detection device, wherein the angle detection device comprises: a carrier (10); an encapsulating material (20) arranged in a material-bonded manner on the carrier (10); a sensor (40; 41) for contactlessly detecting the magnetic field direction of the magnet (100), which sensor is arranged at least partially in the encapsulation material (20), in particular on the carrier (10); and at least one conductor track (60-62), which is arranged in a material-bonded manner in a planar manner on the carrier (10).)

1. An angle detection device, in particular for a fuel level detection device, wherein the angle detection device has:

a carrier (10);

an encapsulating material (20) arranged in a material-bonded manner on the carrier (10);

a sensor (40; 41) for contactlessly detecting the direction of the magnetic field of the magnet (100),

the sensor is arranged at least partially in the encapsulating material (20), in particular on the carrier (10), and

at least one conductor line (60-62), which is arranged in a planar manner, in particular in a bonded manner, on the carrier (10).

2. The angle detection device according to claim 1, wherein the outer edge (21) of the encapsulating material (20) is at least 1mm and at most 15mm from the outer edge (11) of the carrier (10).

3. The angle detection device according to one of the preceding claims, having at least one conductor line (60, 61) which is arranged in a material-bonded manner flat on the carrier (10) and leads out of the encapsulation material (20).

4. Angle detection device according to one of the preceding claims, having at least one conductor line (60, 61),

the at least one conductor track is arranged in a material-bonded manner and/or completely or partially in the encapsulation material (20) in a planar manner on the carrier (10); and/or

The at least one conductor line is connected to an electrical lead, in particular a metallized via (90), which passes at least partially through the carrier (10), and/or is connected, in particular via at least one further conductor line (62), to an interface (301), which is arranged on a side of the carrier (10) facing the encapsulation material or facing away from the encapsulation material.

5. The angle detection device according to one of the preceding claims, having an evaluation circuit (40; 42) for evaluating the sensor (40; 41), which evaluation circuit is in particular programmable via the at least one conductor line (60-62), which evaluation circuit is arranged at least partially in the encapsulation material (20), in particular on the carrier (10), in particular designed as a bare chip and/or as an integrated circuit (40) with the sensor, or is designed separately from the sensor.

6. The angle detection device according to one of the preceding claims, having at least one electrical component, in particular a capacitor (43), which is arranged at least partially in the encapsulation material (20), in particular on the carrier (10), and is electrically connected to the sensor (41) and/or the evaluation circuit (42), in particular by means of the at least one conductor line (60, 61).

7. The angle detection device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the carrier (10) has at least one electrically insulating surface region and/or a ceramic material, a glass material, a plastic material and/or an epoxy material, and/or the encapsulation material (20) has a silicone material, an acrylate resin material, a plastic material and/or an epoxy material.

8. The angle detection device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the carrier (10), the encapsulating material (20) and/or the at least one conductor line (60, 61) is at least partially coated by a cover layer (70).

9. Angle detection device according to the preceding claim, wherein the cover layer (70) has parylene and/or the cover layer (70) is applied by means of chemical gas separation.

10. An angle detection arrangement with an angle detection device according to any one of the preceding claims and a movable magnet (100), wherein the carrier (10) is arranged between the encapsulating material (20) and the magnet (100), or the encapsulating material (20) is arranged between the carrier (10) and the magnet (100), and/or the magnet (100) is rotatably supported about a rotational axis (R) which intersects the encapsulating material (20) and/or encloses an angle with a vertical axis of the carrier (10) in the direction of its wall thickness, which angle is at most 45 °.

11. A fuel level detection device, in particular for a motor vehicle, having an angle detection device according to one of the preceding claims, a magnet (100) and a float (201) coupled thereto, wherein the magnetic field direction of the magnet (100) can be detected contactlessly by means of a sensor (40; 41), in particular having an angle detection arrangement according to the preceding claim.

12. Method for detecting an angle by means of an angle detection device, in particular an angle detection arrangement, according to one of the preceding claims, in particular for detecting a fuel level height by means of a fuel level detection device according to the preceding claim, wherein the magnetic field direction of the magnet (100) is detected contactlessly by means of a sensor (40; 41), in particular a corresponding signal is output by means of at least one conductor line (60-62), which signal is processed, in particular by means of an evaluation circuit (40; 41) and/or on the basis of a characteristic curve stored in the angle detection device.

13. Method for producing at least one angle detection device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a packaging material (20) is arranged in a materially bonded manner on a carrier (10), in particular at least partially on a sensor, and/or wherein a carrier plate (400) is equipped with a plurality of sensors (40; 41) and is subsequently divided into carriers (10) for angle detection devices.

Technical Field

The invention relates to an angle detection device, an angle detection arrangement and a fuel level detection device having an angle detection device, and to a method for detecting an angle by means of an angle detection device, in particular an angle detection arrangement, a method for detecting a fuel level height by means of a fuel level detection device, and a method for producing an angle detection device.

Background

A passive magnetic position sensor with a contact structure which can be deflected by magnetic means is known from DE 19648539C 2.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of embodiments of the present invention to provide a new, preferably improved, angle detection device or angle detection arrangement, in particular a fuel level detection device, and/or to improve the manufacture and/or the function thereof.

This object is achieved by an angle detection device having the features of claim 1. Claims 10 to 13 propose an angle detection arrangement or a fuel level detection device with an angle detection device described here or a method for detecting an angle by means of an angle detection device described here, in particular an angle detection arrangement, in particular for detecting a fuel level height by means of a fuel level detection device described here, or a method for producing an angle detection device described here. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject matter of the dependent claims.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the angle detection device has a carrier, an encapsulation/potting material, which in one embodiment is a liquid encapsulation, in particular a dome, which is arranged on the carrier in a material-bonded manner, and a sensor, which detects without contact the magnetic field direction of the magnet or is provided, in particular set or applied, for this purpose.

In one embodiment, the sensor is a hall (effect) sensor, in particular a 2D vertical hall sensor or a 2D lateral hall sensor, in particular a differential sensor or a triaxial sensor, an xMR sensor, in particular an AMR, GMR or TMR sensor, a magnetic saturation sensor or the like.

In one embodiment, in particular in comparison to the contact structure known from DE 19648539C 2, wear can be reduced by the sensor detecting without contact and thus reliability, accuracy and/or service life can be improved in one embodiment.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the sensor is arranged partially or completely in the encapsulation material, in one embodiment partially or completely covered or embedded by the encapsulation material.

In one embodiment, the sensor is arranged on the carrier, in one embodiment in a bonded manner, in one refinement by means of soldering and/or bare chip packaging ("chip on board" technology, COB).

Thus, in one embodiment, the sensor may advantageously be protected from environmental influences. By means of the encapsulating material, the sensor is in one embodiment hermetically encapsulated, in one embodiment hermetically and/or liquid-tight, in particular water-, gasoline-and/or diesel-tight, whereby the sensor can (more) advantageously be protected from environmental influences.

In particular for this purpose, in one embodiment the encapsulating material is fuel-resistant, in particular gasoline-resistant and/or diesel-resistant.

In one embodiment, the outer edge of the encapsulating material is arranged at least 1mm and at most 15mm, in particular at most 10mm, from the outer edge of the carrier.

In one embodiment, a commercially advantageous production/step-and-repeat production (nutzenfertiging) can thus advantageously be achieved, wherein a plurality of sensors and encapsulation material is first fitted to a (complete) carrier plate and the carrier plate is subsequently divided into carriers for the individual angle sensors.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the angle detection device has one or more, preferably two or three, in one embodiment flat or planar conductor tracks which are arranged (respectively) in a material-bonded manner on the carrier, in particular on and/or in the carrier, and which are provided, in particular designed or applied for the transmission of electrical signals or as electrical conductor tracks. The carrier may thus in particular have a substrate, which may in particular be a substrate at which, in particular on or in the substrate, the conductor track(s) is/are arranged in a planar manner, which in one embodiment is/are designed as a circuit carrier or as a circuit board together with the conductor track(s).

By means of the carrier having a flat (planar) conductor track, in one embodiment the angle detection device can be (more) compactly designed and/or (more) simply manufactured, in particular its sensor is protected from environmental influences, or in particular is sealed with respect to plastic or the like, in particular in comparison to a protruding metal pin, a lead frame, a metal sheet or the like.

In one embodiment, the sensor is arranged at least partially on the conductor track or one or more of the conductor tracks, in particular in a bonded manner, or (respectively) covers the conductor track at least partially in one embodiment. In one embodiment, this may improve the fixation of the sensor, in particular the material bond.

In one embodiment, the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines is/are led out of the encapsulation material, wherein the encapsulation material at least partially covers the conductor line(s) in one embodiment.

The sealing and/or production of the angle detection device can thereby be (further) improved in one embodiment, in which a through-opening through the carrier in the interior space is avoided, which impairs the (permanent) sealing of the interior space and/or has to be (more) complicated to produce and/or seal.

In addition or alternatively, the conductor tracks or one or more of the conductor tracks are arranged (respectively) completely or (only) partially in the encapsulation material, in particular covered or covered by or embedded in the encapsulation material, and/or are connected to electrical leads, in one embodiment with metallized through holes/plated through holes/vertical interconnection channels ("DuKo"), which pass completely or (only) partially through the carrier and are connected in one embodiment to further conductor tracks, which are arranged in one embodiment, in particular in a material-bonded manner, on a surface of the carrier facing away from the encapsulation material.

In one embodiment, the leads or the metallized through holes or one or more of the leads or the metallized through holes (respectively) have through-passages in the carrier, which through-passages penetrate the carrier, wherein the through-passages are filled or (inner) walls thereof are coated in an electrically conductive manner, so that conductor tracks connected thereto, which are arranged at least partially in the encapsulation material, can be supplied and/or tapped/routed (abgegriffen) from the side of the carrier facing away from the encapsulation material in one embodiment.

In one embodiment, the lead or the metalized through hole or one or more leads or metalized through holes therein (respectively) are closed or sealed in a gas-and/or liquid-tight manner, in particular in a water-, gasoline-and/or diesel-tight manner, in one embodiment in a material-bonded manner, in particular by soldering, in one embodiment by metal soldering or glass soldering, adhesive and/or encapsulating material.

In one embodiment, one end of the lead or one or more of the leads (respectively) is arranged in the encapsulation material. In one embodiment, both ends of the lead or one or more of the leads (respectively) are arranged outside the encapsulation material.

In one embodiment, the signal transmission from the encapsulation material can thereby be realized (more) flat, (more) compact and/or (more) reliably, in each case, in particular in a combination of two or more of the features mentioned.

In one embodiment, the conductor track or one or more conductor tracks thereof (respectively) arranged completely or completely in the encapsulation material is therefore connected to a (or one of the) leadthroughs, one end of which is likewise arranged in the encapsulation material, in particular in the encapsulation material, wherein in one embodiment the other end of the leadthroughs can be connected to another conductor track on the surface of the carrier facing away from the encapsulation material.

In addition or alternatively, in one embodiment, the conductor line or one or more conductor lines thereof (respectively) which is/are led out of the encapsulation material is/are connected to one (one) of the leads, the two ends of which are arranged outside the inner space, in particular connected to one of said ends, wherein in one embodiment the other end of said lead can be connected to another conductor line on the surface of the carrier facing away from the encapsulation material.

In one embodiment, the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines, in particular the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines which are led out of the encapsulation material or the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines which are (in particular completely arranged in the encapsulation material) connected to one (or one of) the electrical leads running through the carrier are (respectively) connected in one embodiment to an (electrical) interface via at least one further conductor line, which interface is arranged in one embodiment on the side of the carrier facing the encapsulation material and in another embodiment on the side of the carrier facing away from the encapsulation material. The connection/lead can be fixed to the interface in one embodiment, and in one embodiment the connection can be fixed by a material bond, in particular by welding/soldering, or by a non-positive connection, in particular by means of a clip.

In one embodiment, the angle detection device can be designed (more) compactly by means of the interface on the encapsulation material side, and the surface of the carrier facing away from the encapsulation material can be better or jointly utilized by means of the interface facing away from the encapsulation material in one embodiment.

In one embodiment, the angle detection device has an evaluation circuit which is arranged completely or partially in the encapsulation material, in particular in one embodiment in a material-bonded manner, on the carrier, in one embodiment by means of a bare chip package (COB), and/or evaluates, in particular processes, the signals of the sensor or is provided, in particular set or applied, for this purpose.

In one embodiment, the evaluation or processing of the signals of the sensor is thereby at least partially carried out by the angle detection device itself, and thus in one embodiment the connection and/or use of the angle detection device is improved.

In a further development, the evaluation circuit, in one embodiment by way of the conductor line or one or more conductor lines thereof, is programmed or the evaluation circuit and, if appropriate, the conductor line(s) are provided, in particular set or applied, for this purpose. In particular, a characteristic curve for the sensor, which is variable in one embodiment, can be stored in the evaluation circuit and/or preset, in particular changed, by the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines.

In one embodiment, the angle detection device can thus advantageously be adjusted in situ (first or again).

Additionally or alternatively, the evaluation circuit is designed in one embodiment as a bare chip ("bare die").

Thereby, in one embodiment, the manufacturing may be (further) improved and/or the angle detection device may be (more) compactly designed.

Additionally or alternatively, the evaluation circuit is designed in one embodiment as an integrated circuit with the sensor or combined with the sensor into an integrated circuit.

Thereby, in one embodiment, the manufacturing may be (further) improved and/or the angle detection device may be (more) compactly designed.

In an alternative embodiment, the evaluation circuit is designed separately from the sensor, in particular the evaluation circuit and the sensor are arranged on the carrier separately and/or at a distance from one another in one embodiment.

In one embodiment, the production of the different angle detection devices can thereby be simplified.

In one embodiment, the angle detection device has one or more electrical components, in particular a capacitor(s) or the like, which are arranged (respectively) completely or partially in the encapsulation material, in one embodiment on the carrier and/or in a material-bonded manner, and are electrically connected to the sensor and/or the evaluation circuit, in particular via the conductor lines or one or more of the conductor lines.

In one embodiment, signal filtering and/or protection, in particular electrical protection, in particular interference voltage protection or overload protection, can thereby be advantageously implemented.

In one embodiment, the sensor, the evaluation circuit and/or the electrical component or one or more electrical components therein (respectively) are (in one embodiment) connected to the conductor line or one or more conductor lines therein by means of contacts and/or connections, in particular crimped wires/jumpers or the like.

In one embodiment, the sensor, the evaluation circuit and/or the electrical component or one or more of the electrical components are supplied with power and/or tapped by the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines, and/or an in particular electrical signal is transmitted from the sensor, the evaluation circuit and/or the electrical component or one or more of the electrical components, and/or an in particular electrical signal is transmitted to the sensor, the evaluation circuit and/or the electrical component or one or more of the electrical components by the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines, or the conductor line(s) is/are applied for this purpose or the conductor line(s) is/are provided, in particular set for this purpose.

Thereby, manufacturing and/or electrical connection may (further) be improved in one embodiment.

In one embodiment, the carrier has one or more electrically insulating surface regions, in a refinement a single-or multi-layer substrate or a single-or multi-layer base body made of an electrically insulating material.

In one embodiment, the conductor lines can thus advantageously be electrically insulated from one another.

In one embodiment, the encapsulating material comprises a silicone material, an acrylate resin material, a plastic material, in particular a polyurethane material, and/or an epoxy resin material, in one embodiment a one-component, two-component or multi-component material, and/or a light-curing and/or heat-curing material, in particular a polymer material, which can in particular be composed of or produced from the above-mentioned materials, i.e. in particular by light-curing and/or heat-curing (over time) of the encapsulating material (vergussimal) after application to the carrier or the sensor, the evaluation circuit and/or the electrical component(s).

In one embodiment, the sensor, the evaluation circuit or the electrical component(s) can thereby be encapsulated or protected particularly advantageously, in particular simply and/or reliably, from environmental influences.

In one embodiment, the carrier, in particular the surface of the carrier facing the encapsulation material, is completely or partially coated with a cover layer. In addition or alternatively, the encapsulating material is in one embodiment completely or partially coated, in particular with the cover layer, in particular with the carrier. In addition or alternatively, the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines therein is (respectively) completely or partially coated in one embodiment with, in particular the, cover layer (together), i.e. in particular together with the carrier or encapsulation material (coated). In one embodiment, the edge of the carrier side of the encapsulating material or the edge (region) or the transition (region) between the carrier and the encapsulating material is completely or partially coated, in particular with the cover layer.

The cover layer is in one embodiment fuel-resistant, in particular gasoline-resistant and/or diesel-resistant, in particular for this purpose, in one embodiment the cover layer has parylene, in particular can be made of parylene. Additionally or alternatively, the cover layer is applied in one embodiment by means of chemical gas separation ("chemical vapor deposition" CVD).

In one embodiment, the sensor, the evaluation circuit or the electrical component(s) can thereby be encapsulated or protected particularly advantageously, in particular simply and/or reliably, from environmental influences.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the angle detection arrangement has the angle detection device described here and a movable magnet, wherein in one embodiment the magnetic field direction of the magnet is or can be detected contactlessly by a sensor.

In one embodiment, the carrier is arranged between the encapsulating material and the magnet, or the magnet is arranged on a side of the carrier facing away from the encapsulating material.

In this way, in one embodiment, (more) direct contact can be made to conductor tracks which are led out of the encapsulation material.

In an alternative embodiment, the encapsulating material is arranged between the carrier and the magnet, or the magnet is arranged on the side of the encapsulating material facing away from the carrier.

In one embodiment, a metallized through-hole through the carrier can thus be realized particularly advantageously. Additionally or alternatively, a (smaller) spacing of the sensor from the magnet can thereby be achieved in one embodiment.

In one embodiment, the magnet can be rotated (supported) about a rotational axis, in particular a kinematic axis, which in particular virtually intersects the encapsulation material and/or encloses an angle of at most 45 °, in particular at most 30 °, in one embodiment at most 15 °, with a vertical axis of the carrier extending in the direction of its (in particular smallest) wall thickness, in particular thus at least substantially perpendicularly on the carrier or its plane.

Thereby, in an embodiment, the angle detection arrangement may be (more) compactly designed and/or (more) accurately detect the orientation or angular position of the magnet.

The angle detection device or the angle detection arrangement according to the invention can be used or provided particularly advantageously for detecting, in particular for detecting, the fuel level height, in particular on the basis of an advantageous sealing and/or angle detection.

Accordingly, according to one embodiment of the invention, a fuel level (height) detection device, in particular for a motor vehicle, has in one embodiment of the motor vehicle the angle detection device described here and a magnet or the angle detection arrangement described here, the magnetic field direction of which is detected or can be detected contactlessly by a sensor of the angle detection device.

In one embodiment, the float is coupled, in one embodiment mechanically, in particular by a linkage or the like, to the magnet or to the magnet of the angle detection arrangement of the fuel level (height) detection device and/or in such a way that a change in the level height causes a, in particular defined, rotation of the magnet about an axis of rotation or the axis of rotation or a corresponding change in the direction of its magnetic field, which change can be detected or detected by the sensor.

According to one embodiment of the invention, in order to detect an angle by means of the angle detection device described here, in particular the angle detection arrangement, in one embodiment for detecting the fuel level height by means of the fuel level (height) detection device described here, the orientation of the magnetic field of one or of the magnets is detected contactlessly by means of a sensor and in one embodiment a corresponding signal is output via the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines, which signal is processed in one embodiment by an evaluation circuit and/or on the basis of a characteristic curve, which is stored in the angle detection device, in particular the evaluation circuit, and in one embodiment is preset, in particular changed, by the conductor line or one or more of the conductor lines.

According to one embodiment of the invention, for producing the angle sensing device described here, the encapsulating material is arranged in a bonded manner on the carrier, in particular at least partially on the sensor and optionally on the evaluation circuit and/or the one or more electrical components, in one embodiment in a liquid or paste-like form, and there is hardened, in one embodiment, in particular optically and/or thermally (aging).

In addition or alternatively, according to one embodiment of the invention, in order to produce a plurality of angle detection devices of the type described here, which are structurally identical in one embodiment, a plurality of sensors is first of all fitted to a, in particular, one-piece carrier plate, in one embodiment additionally a plurality of evaluation circuits and/or electrical components, and the carrier plate is then divided into carriers for the individual angle sensors.

In one embodiment, after the assembly of the sensor and, if appropriate, of the evaluation circuit and/or the electrical component for the carrier plate, a plurality of encapsulating materials of the same type are (partially) connected in a material-bonded manner in one embodiment to the carrier plate, which is still integral in one embodiment, so that one of the sensors and, if appropriate, one of the evaluation circuits and/or one or more of the electrical components are each arranged completely or partially in the encapsulating material, the carrier plate, which has been assembled in this way if appropriate, is coated with a cover layer, and the carrier plate, which has been assembled in this way and is optionally coated, is subsequently divided or separated into carriers for one or more individual angle detection devices. Thus, in particular, the carrier plate may be commercially advantageous or the angle detection means may be manufactured by means of commercially advantageous production processes.

In one embodiment, the sensor, the evaluation circuit and/or the one or more electrical components of the angle detection device or of one or more angle detection devices therein are electrically connected to the conductor line or one or more conductor lines thereof, in one embodiment in a bonded manner, by means of contacts and/or by means of wires, in particular jumpers, in one embodiment during or after the assembly of the sensor, evaluation circuit or electrical component to the carrier plate and before the application of the encapsulating material(s).

In one embodiment, the carrier with the one or more conductor lines is (designed as) a circuit board or a circuit carrier, or the carrier board is (designed as) a total circuit board.

Additionally or alternatively, in one embodiment, the carrier has a ceramic material, a glass material, a plastic material and/or an epoxy material, in particular ceramic laminates and/or composites, glass laminates and/or composites, plastic laminates and/or composites and/or epoxy laminates and/or composites, in one embodiment with a plastic material and/or an epoxy material, in particular with polyimide, polytetrafluoroethylene or hydrocarbon resin, in particular with glass fibres and/or ceramic, in particular ceramic, fillers, in particular from which, in particular, from ceramic materials, epoxy glass fibre composites, hydrocarbon resins with ceramic fillers, polytetrafluoroethylene composites with ceramics or polyimide composites with glass fibres.

In one embodiment, it is thereby possible to (further) improve the production and/or the sealing, in particular the service life, of the angle detection device or the fuel level detection device, and/or to manufacture the angle detection device or the fuel level detection device more simply, in particular in a combination of two or more of the above-mentioned features.

Drawings

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Further advantageous developments of the invention emerge from the dependent claims and the following description of preferred embodiments. This section shows schematically:

figure 1 shows a fuel level detection arrangement comprising an angle detection arrangement with angle detection means according to one embodiment of the present invention,

figure 2 shows an angle detection arrangement in a top view,

figure 3 shows the angle detection arrangement in a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in figure 2,

figure 4 shows in a view corresponding to figure 3 an angle detection arrangement according to another embodiment of the invention,

fig. 5 shows a top view of the carrier plate during the manufacture of the angle detection device.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a fuel level detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention having an angle detection arrangement with an angle detection device arranged in a fuel tank 200.

The float 201 is coupled to the permanent magnet 100 of the detection device in such a way that a change in the liquid level causes the magnet 100 to rotate about a rotational axis R, which is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing of fig. 1.

Fig. 2 shows the angle detection arrangement in a top view and fig. 3 shows the angle detection arrangement in a cross-sectional view along the line III-III in fig. 2.

The angle detection means of the angle detection arrangement has an encapsulation/potting material in the form of a carrier 10 and a dome package 20.

Two conductor lines 60, 61, which are partially covered by the potting material 20, are arranged in a bonded manner on the surface (upper side in fig. 3) of the carrier 10.

The distance between the outer edge 21 of the encapsulating material 20 and the outer edge 11 of the carrier 10 is between 1mm and 15 mm.

Arranged in the encapsulation 20 is a sensor for the contactless detection of the direction of the magnetic field of the magnet 100, which sensor is combined with the evaluation circuit in the exemplary embodiment of fig. 2 and 3 to form an integrated circuit 40, which is arranged in a bonded manner on the carrier 10 and is connected via a jumper 80 to a conductor line 60, 61, which is itself led out of the encapsulation 20 and via which a signal of the integrated circuit 40 can be output on the one hand to a line 300, which is connected to the conductor line 60, 61 in a bonded manner or in a force-fitting manner at an interface 301 and, on the other hand, via which a characteristic curve of the evaluation circuit of the integrated circuit 40 for the evaluation sensor can be programmed, in particular reprogrammed, in situ.

In the embodiment of fig. 2, 3, the carrier 10 is arranged between the encapsulating material 20 and a magnet 100, the axis of rotation R of which intersects the encapsulating material 20 and encloses an angle of about 0 ° with the vertical axis of the carrier in the direction of its wall thickness (vertical in fig. 3).

In order to detect the liquid level, the magnetic field direction of the magnet 100 is detected in a contactless manner by means of the sensor of the integrated circuit 40, and a corresponding signal, which is processed by the evaluation circuit of the integrated circuit 40 on the basis of the characteristic curve stored or programmed therein, is output via the conductor lines 60, 61 to the line 300.

In order to produce a plurality of structurally identical angle detection devices, a plurality of integrated circuits 40 are first assembled on a carrier plate 400, which is shown in dashed lines in fig. 3 and on whose surface respective conductor tracks 60, 61 are arranged, then a respective encapsulating material 20 is arranged in a bonded manner on the carrier plate 400, and this assembled carrier plate 400 is subsequently divided into carriers 10 for the one or more individual angle detection devices.

Fig. 4 shows, in a diagram corresponding to fig. 3, an angle detection arrangement according to another embodiment of the invention, which can be used in the fuel level detection device of fig. 1 instead of the angle detection arrangement of fig. 2, 3.

In this case, identical or functionally identical features are denoted by the same reference numerals, so that reference is made to the previous description and only the differences will be discussed below.

In the exemplary embodiment of fig. 4, the conductor lines 60, 61 do not exit from the encapsulation material 20, but rather are connected to a metallized via/plated via/vertical interconnection 90 which passes through the carrier 10 and is itself connected to the conductor line 62, which is arranged on the surface of the carrier 10 facing away from the encapsulation material (lower part in fig. 4). The metallized through holes 90 are sealed by a filler 92.

Furthermore, in the exemplary embodiment of fig. 4, the sensor 41 for contactless detection of the magnetic field direction of the magnet 100, the evaluation circuit in the form of the bare chip 42 and the capacitor 43 are designed separately, are each arranged in a bonded manner on the carrier 10 and are connected to the conductor lines 60, 61 by means of jumpers 80.

Furthermore, in the exemplary embodiment of fig. 4, the potting material 20 is arranged between the carrier 10 and the magnet 100 and is coated with a fuel-resistant coating 70, wherein in particular the edges or transition regions between the carrier and the potting material are also coated with said coating 70.

Fig. 5 shows a top view of the carrier plate 400 during the manufacture of the angle detection device(s).

While exemplary embodiments have been illustrated in the foregoing description, it should be noted that a vast number of variations can be implemented.

Thus, in particular instead of the two conductor lines shown, three or more conductor lines can also be provided.

Additionally or alternatively, the features explained with reference to the embodiment of fig. 4 can also be implemented in the embodiment of fig. 2, 3 and vice versa, i.e. in particular in the embodiment of fig. 4: an arrangement in which the integrated circuit 40, and/or the magnet 100 are located on the carrier side; and/or in the embodiments of fig. 2, 3, a separate arrangement of the sensor 41, the evaluation circuit 42 and/or the capacitor 43, an arrangement of the cover layer 70 and/or the magnet 100 on the packaging material side. In one embodiment, the interface 301 or the corresponding region of the conductor lines 60, 61 is free of a cover layer.

Additionally or alternatively, the sensor 40 or 41 can be arranged in one embodiment in a material-bonded manner, partially on or already on the two conductor lines 60, 61 or on one of the two conductor lines 60, 61 or (respectively) partially cover the two conductor lines in one embodiment.

It should also be noted that the exemplary embodiments are only examples, and should not limit the scope, applicability, and configuration in any way. Rather, the foregoing description will provide those skilled in the art with a guidance for implementing at least one exemplary embodiment, in which various changes may be made, particularly in matters of function and arrangement of parts described without departing from the scope of protection afforded by the claims and the equivalents thereof.