Class 136/213 - Radiation pyrometer

Subclass of Class 136 - Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
Definition: Apparatus wherein the battery is to be heated substantially
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 04/01/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7351974	Integrated circuit infrared sensor and associated methods An integrated circuit sensor may include at least one infrared sensing element on a substrate. The sensing element may include at least one first thermocouple junction heated from infrared radiation, at least one second thermocouple junction connected to the first t...	04/01/2008
7332728	Tamper-proof container A system and method for detecting radiation from a source in a container is disclosed. A continuous optical fiber path is disposed in a medium which is part of or associated with a container and which encloses the volumetric space of the container. The optical fiber...	02/19/2008
7180064	Infrared sensor package An optical sensor package with a substrate that supports a membrane carrying an optical sensor and through which radiation passes to impinge the sensor. The substrate has a first surface in which a cavity is defined, a second surface opposite the first surface, and ...	02/20/2007
7157707	Radiation detector, sensor module having a radiation detector, and method for manufacturing a radiation detector A radiation detector, a method for manufacturing a radiation detector, and a sensor module having a radiation detector. The radiation detector may include a thermopile chip having a diaphragm, a first cavity formed underneath the diaphragm, a thermopile structure fo...	01/02/2007
7071444	High performance system and method for capturing and absorbing radiation A device for capturing radiation includes multi-axis, multiple chambers with two dimensional geometry. A first chamber has a first axis and is configured to receive a beam of radiation and absorb a portion of the beam of radiation. A second chamber has a second axis...	07/04/2006
6971792	Device and method for measuring absorbed heat flux in a fire test apparatus A device for measuring the flux received by a specimen in fire test apparatuses has a copper disk or plate of the same dimensions and the same type of surface coating as a typical material specimen, an embedded heating coil and thermocouple, and an insulated sample ...	12/06/2005
6933166	Method for manufacturing a component, in particular a thermal sensor, and thermal sensor A method of manufacturing a component, in particular a thermal sensor, and a thermal sensor. The component has at least two regions having different heat conductivities, a surface region being created in a substrate and the heat conductivity of the surface region be...	08/23/2005
6793389	Monolithically-integrated infrared sensor An integrated sensor comprising a thermopile transducer and signal processing circuitry that are combined on a single semiconductor substrate, such that the transducer output signal is sampled in close vicinity by the processing circuitry. The sensor comprises a fra...	09/21/2004
6670538	Thermal radiation sensor A radiation sensor which includes a thermopile for detecting radiant energy. The thermopile and a support rim for the thermopile are fabricated as an integrated unit to form a support chip. The support chip is mated to a mating chip so that the thermopile...	12/30/2003
6641301	Radiation detector with passive air purge and reduced noise A method and apparatus for maintaining a viewing window of a detector substantially clean includes enclosing the detector within a housing, and moving a target surface relative to the viewing window to create an airflow adjacent the viewing window. The ho...	11/04/2003
6342667	Thermal isolation structure for a micro thermopile and method for making the same A method for forming thermal isolation for a micro thermopile device comprises steps of forming a narrow etching window on the membrane and forming a plurality of micro connection structures each crossing the narrow etching window and connecting the edge ...	01/29/2002
6300554	Method of fabricating thermoelectric sensor and thermoelectric sensor device A thermoelectric sensor device is disclosed consisting of polysilicon, titanium or AlSiCu as the thermocouple of material for thermoelectric sensor device. The features of the present process are: Selecting a material such as aluminum, titanium, aluminum ...	10/09/2001
6222111	Spectrally selective thermopile detector A thermopile radiation detector (10) has an optical filter layer (16) that supports a thermopile detector (22) and, in addition, filters undesired wavelengths. The filtering is accomplished by selectively absorbing electromagnetic radiation at predetermin...	04/24/2001
6180867	Thermal sensor array and methods of fabrication and use A thermal sensor array includes a dielectric layer including a plurality of individual thermal sensors and a pattern of deposited electrical interconnections facing at least one surface of the dielectric layer for providing electrical connections from eac...	01/30/2001
5695283	Compensating infrared thermopile detector A thermopile detector for a temperature measuring instrument physically and electrically configured to supply an output signal which indicates a target temperature substantially independent of the influence of ambient temperature changes. The detector is ...	12/09/1997
5689087	Integrated thermopile sensor for automotive, spectroscopic and imaging applications, and methods of fabricating same A highly integrated thermal sensor (10) is responsive to radiation having wavelengths within a predetermined band of wavelengths. The sensor, which may be a thermopile, is comprised of a substrate (16) comprised of at least one semiconductor material. The...	11/18/1997
5409548	Ferroelectric detector array utilizing material and fabrication technique A ferroelectric material, its fabrication technique, and use as a detector aterial, in a ferroelectric detector array is disclosed. The material is an alloy of essential pure components of Pb2 (Fe, Nb)O2 and Pb2 (Fe, Ta)O	04/25/1995
5230745	Thermocouple housing A thermocouple housing having a ceramic protection tube with a closed end for immersion into a metal melt and an open end for receiving thermocouple wires. The ceramic protection tube has a reduced diameter portion spaced from the open end by a distance x...	07/27/1993
5056929	Temperature compensation type infrared sensor A temperature compensation type infrared sensor includes a substrate having a central pit and functioning as a heat sink with an insulation film formed on the top face of the substrate and defining a diaphragm located above the pit, a plurality of thermoc...	10/15/1991
5045123	Thermopile Disclosed is a thermopile improved in its measurement sensitivity and manufacturing cost, which comprises a pillar-shaped substrate having a side extending in the parallel direction to an incident light to be measured so as not to be irradiated with the i...	09/03/1991
4900367	Method of making a reticulated temperature sensitive imaging device A fully reticulated pyroelectric imager is made by affixing a first major surface of a layer of poled pyroelectric material to a substrate and polishing a second major surface of the pyroelectric layer to reduce the layer to a predetermined thickness. An ...	02/13/1990
4877331	Apparatus for measuring the temperature of the surface of a rotating roll A temperature measuring device for a rotating roll comprises a housing with guide rollers around which a belt is looped and held under tension by an idler roll. One boundary of the housing is arched concavely in accordance with typical roll diameters to e...	10/31/1989
4717787	Thermoelement for measurement of temperature in vacuum furnaces A thermoelement which rapidly determines temperature and which is protected from disturbing signals during the measurement of temperature in a vacuum furnace composed of a thermocouple which is protectively sheathed by a transparent quartz glass portectiv...	01/05/1988
4648991	Pyroelectric crystals with high figures of merit Pyroelectric crystals having relatively high figures of merit (p/K) of the order of 1.8 or more are provided. They are preferably prepared by doping alanine substituted triglycine sulfate crystals with phosphorous and/or arsenic....	03/10/1987
4598163	Pyroelectric detector A pyroelectric detector comprising a functional portion in which opposed electrodes 111 to 118 are formed on both surfaces of a pyroelectric type substrate 101 and four light receiving electrode portions a, b, c and d are structured by the opposed electro...	07/01/1986
4558342	Thermoelectric infrared detector array The detecting element of a thermoelectric infrared detector consists of p-n junctions of a thermopile which are located on a thin layer of unsupported silicon dioxide. The silicon dioxide spans an opening which extends through a silicon semiconductor subs...	12/10/1985
4488269	Temperature surveillance systems A lattice array of metal sheathed mineral insulated cables each cable having a coaxial conductor comprising alternate lengths of dissimilar thermo-electric material to provide thermo-electric junctions. The junctions are in two groups of opposite polarity...	12/11/1984
4475103	Integrated-circuit thermocouple signal conditioner An integrated-circuit thermocouple signal conditioner having on a single chip an amplifier and a transistor circuit responsive to the chip temperature for developing a cold-junction compensation signal referred to 0° Celsius. The amplifier includes two m...	10/02/1984
4365106	Efficient method and apparatus for converting solar energy to electrical energy A very thin insulator having a dipole structure such as a dielectric material having ferroelectric, pyroelectric and or thermodielectric properties, is used as the insulator insulating an electrode of an electrode pair from a semiconductor body sandwiched...	12/21/1982
4259866	Pyrometer assembly having a heated viewing tube A viewing tube extension for an infrared radiation pyrometer includes a tube having a heater therein. The heater has a passageway so that the pyrometer sights a glass ribbon moving through a forming chamber of a flat glass making apparatus. Vapors from th...	04/07/1981
4250384	Radiant energy systems, memories and thermal imaging methods and apparatus A very thin insulator having a dipole structure such as a dielectric material having ferroelectric properties and, preferably, also having thermodielectric properties, is used as the insulator insulating an electrode of an electrode pair from a semiconduc...	02/10/1981
4211888	Arrangement with several thermal elements in series connection A thermal element arrangement having a plurality of thermal elements connected in series, and in which an insulation layer has thereon a plurality of metal conductor paths situated on the semiconductor substrate. Each thermal element has one of the metal ...	07/08/1980
4185982	Method of measuring temperature of a sheet with a noncontacting-type pyrometer A noncontacting-type pyrometer for measuring the temperature of a glass ribbon has a hot junction at the center of a circular black body adjacent a first surface thereof and a layer of thermal insulating material on the opposite second surface. The radius...	01/29/1980
4180759	Thermal camera tubes The invention provides a thermal camera tube having a reticulated pyroelectric target, that is to say a target having a plurality of separate pyroelectric elements arranged in rows and columns and separated by channels. Each of the separate elements has t...	12/25/1979
4166390	Scanning radiometer apparatus A scanning radiometer having a series of laminations forming a tightly bonded sandwich structure each being electrically insulated from adjacent ones thereof, said series including a thermometric or thermo responsive material, a heat pump functioning mate...	09/04/1979
4147562	Pyroelectric detector A pyroelectric detector as formed by parylene C polymer film....	04/03/1979
4111717	Small-size high-performance radiation thermopile A thermopile type radiation detector for use in radiation pyrometry having small size and high performance in which the thermopiles are formed by evaporating the thermocouple leads onto a thin substrate together with a pattern distribution of thermocouple...	09/05/1978
4053806	Pyroelectric detector comprising nucleating material wettable by aqueous solution of pyroelectric material A pyroelectric detector employing a substrate supporting a thin, i.e., 0.5 to 5 μm thick, solid layer of pyroelectric material with an intermediate layer of nucleating material, i.e., a material which is wettable by a solution of the pyroelectric materia...	10/11/1977

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Class 136/213 - Radiation pyrometer