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Hermetic sensor packaging

SCHOTT’s sensor packaging enables reliable protection and functionality of sensor electronics, especially in harsh-environment, performance-critical applications. SCHOTT offers a broad portfolio of sensor housings using advanced hermetic sealing technologies to guard even the most sensitive electronics.

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Preferred supplier of hermetic sensor packaging for reliable components​

SCHOTT’s feedthroughs and packages have been used by leading sensor manufacturers for decades. Applications range from harsh-environment automotive settings to mission-critical aerospace and aviation systems and high-precision optoelectronics.
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Flexibility and customization & outstanding in-house expertise

With exceptional in-house glass and materials expertise, SCHOTT provides reliable hermetic seals and fully customized packaging solutions. Our team tackles complex reliability challenges, boosts cost-effectiveness, and enhances performance to offer both standard options and highly complex, fully customized solutions to meet the most demanding industry requirements.
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Product variants

SCHOTT provides reliable hermetic, high-temperature, optical, and integrated sensor packaging. Our in-house glass expertise enables robust hermetic seals for applications ranging from automatic to high-precision optoelectronics.

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Gold-plated microelectronic housings with fine structures and pins for high-frequency applications

Reliable sensor housings that perform even in extreme environments.

With decades of expertise, SCHOTT is a leader in hermetic sensor packaging. Through costum component designs, we provide packaging with high temperature and pressure resistance along with precise optical interfaces to meet demanding applicatioen requirements.

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    Exceptional temperature resistance
    Exceptional temperature resistance
    Sensor housings typically withstand up to 450°C but can endure beyond 1000°C with our HEATAN technology.
    Superior environmental protection
    Superior environmental protection
    Our hermetic sensor packaging with glass-to-metal sealing resists high pressure, moisture, corrosion, and chemicals.
    High optical precision
    High optical precision
    Drawing on our in-house optical glass expertise, we design sensor packages with advanced optical windows, lenses, and coatings.
    Standard to fully costumized designs
    Standard to fully costumized designs
    We specialize in customization but also excel in standard sensor packaging, including a wide range of transistor outline (TO) packages.
    Outstanding reliability
    Outstanding reliability
    Our hermetic sensor packaging is designed for 30+ years of exceptional durability, depending on the application.

    We are certified

    SCHOTT production sites are certified to ISO 9001 QM and ISO 4001 standards. We are also IATF 16949 certified for automotive applications.

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      Dr.-Ing. Jens Suffner, Head of Strategic Business Field Automotive Sensors
      Dr.-Ing. Jens Suffner

      Head of Product Group Sensors & Batteries