The invention provides an
infrared sensor. The sensitive materials have
humidity sensitive property and
temperature sensitive characteristic, namely, the concentration of
water vapor is high and the
capacitance value is large under a fixed temperature condition; the temperature is high and the
capacitance value is low under a fixed
water vapor concentration condition; a hollow cavity is full of
water vapor of which the concentration is more than a
jumping threshold; when the concentration of the water vapor is more than the
jumping threshold, the variation rate of the
temperature sensitive characteristic curve of the sensor prepared from the sensitive materials is more than 0.01pF / mk; the
temperature sensitive characteristic curve is a curve that the
capacitance value varies as temperature caries under the fixed water vapor concentration condition. According to the
infrared sensor, the sensitive materials with the
humidity sensitive property and temperature sensitive characteristic is fully exposed in the environment with a certain of water vapor concentration; when the sensitive materials suffer from
infrared radiation, the surface temperature raises, and the capacitance value is accordingly changed, on that principle, the infrared
radiation can be detected; the operation is convenient and reliable; the environmental influence is minimized, and the applicable
working temperature scope is wide.