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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7053947 | Methods for improving sensitivity of CMOS active pixel sensors The present invention relates to a CMOS active pixel sensor which includes a compensation circuit capable of compensating a lowered pixel voltage output due to leakage current of a photodiode. The CMOS active pixel sensor having a light sensing unit for generating a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054339 | Fiber-laser-based Terahertz sources through difference frequency generation (DFG) by nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals A fiber-laser-based implementation of a Terahertz source through difference frequency generation (DFG) by nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals is compact, tunable and scalable. A pair of fiber lasers (Q-switched, CW or mode-locked) generate single-frequency outputs at f... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050166 | Calcium carbonate imaging technique The invention concerns a method for determining the particle size distribution (PSD) of bridging agents in fluids, particularly aqueous fluids used in hydrocarbon recovery such as drilling fluids, drill-in fluids, completion fluids, and the like. It was discovered t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049594 | Position sensing sensor, method and system A sensor for determining a component of a location of a radiation source within a three dimensional volume includes a mask having a series of openings that has a predetermined mathematical relationship among the openings within the series of openings and defines a m... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049596 | Method and apparatus for distinguishing materials An apparatus and method for optically detecting whether a substance is present at an inspection site on a base material based on light reflected from the inspection site. A light module generates light of a first wavelength and light of a second wavelength. A first ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049597 | Multi-mode optical imager A common aperture, multi-mode optical imager for imaging electromagnetic radiation bands from a field of two or more different wavelengths is described. Fore-optics are provided to gather and direct electromagnetic radiation bands forming an image into an aperture o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049593 | Superconducting single photon detector A single-photon detector includes a superconductor strip biased near its critical current. The superconductor strip provides a discernible output signal upon absorption of a single incident photon. In one example, the superconductor is a strip of NbN (niobium nitrid... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045785 | Method for manufacturing an infrared sensor device A method for manufacturing an infrared sensor, including preparing a substrate including a supporting member made of single crystalline silicon, a first layer made of silicon oxide formed on the supporting member, and a second layer made of single crystalline silico... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045784 | Method and apparatus for micro-Golay cell infrared detectors A method and apparatus for micro-Golay cell infrared detector. The detector includes a microchannel plate array, sealing membrane, flexible membrane, IR absorbent medium and thermally reactive medium. The microchannel plate array has an upper surface and a lower sur... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042646 | Infrared device having an optical power limiter with improved optical gain An infrared device in accordance with the present invention includes an optical train for receiving incident radiation into the device, a focal plane array for receiving the incident radiation from the optical train, and an optical power limiter (OPL) that is positi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040099 | Cryostat A cryostat having a connecting branch which is connected to a coolant chamber and is open on the end side. The connecting branch expands from an inside diameter to an outside diameter. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040806 | Temperature detecting unit and fixing apparatus A temperature detecting unit including a temperature detecting sensor, a window member, and a frame which holds the window member. The temperature detecting sensor receives infrared rays radiated by an object, thereby detecting the temperature of the object without ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041978 | Photovoltaic infrared radiation detector with independent three-dimensional conducting grid On a front face of a substrate transparent to the radiation considered, pixels are confined in a stack of absorbent semi-conducting material layers by a network of channels. An insulating layer covers the bottom and the side walls of the channels. An electrically co... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041983 | Planar geometry buried junction infrared detector and focal plane array The described embodiments of the present invention include a method for forming a radiation detector. A radiation absorption layer is formed on a substrate. A wider bandgap layer is formed on the radiation absorption layer. A passivation layer is formed on the wider... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039326 | Infrared communication system utilizing receiver with multiple photo-sensors A communication system including an infrared receiver that receives optical infrared signals. The infrared receiver utilizes an array of photo-sensors for detecting optical infrared signals within a solid angle. Each photo-sensor, however, detects optical infrared s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038776 | Polarimeter to simultaneously measure the stokes vector components of light A polarimeter simultaneously measures the Stokes vectors of a light beam using an optics unit with a slit with a slit axis, a foreoptics that focuses the light beam from the point location through the slit, a collimator that receives the light beam from the slit and... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038442 | Apparatus and method for detecting photon emissions from transistors A system, apparatus, and method for analyzing photon emission data to discriminate between photons emitted by transistors and photons emitted by background sources. The analysis involves spatial and/or temporal correlation of photon emissions. After correlation, the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037438 | Method for production of a semiconductor component and a semiconductor component produced by said method A method is for producing a semiconductor component, e.g., a multilayer semiconductor element, e.g., a micromechanical component, e.g., a pressure sensor, having a semiconductor substrate, e.g., made of silicon, and a semiconductor component produced according to th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038228 | Image forming apparatus with specific document determining module and abnormality detection means The present specific document determining apparatus according to the present invention comprises a microwave sensor for irradiating a microwave to and scanning a document, detecting a reflected portion of the irradiated microwave, outputting a first detection signal... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034516 | Multi-channel radiometer imaging system A radiometer system includes a housing and an RF board contained within the housing. Balanced radiometer channels receive an unknown signal and known reference. Each balanced radiometer channel includes at least one quadrature hybrid and amplifier circuit to provide... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034975 | High speed MEMS device An interferometric micro electro-mechanical switching (MEMS) device includes an interferometer. The interferometer includes an optical cavity having a depth and formed between an inner mirror assembly and an outer mirror assembly. The MEMS device further includes an... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034301 | Microbolometer focal plane array systems and methods Systems and methods for microbolometer focal plane arrays are disclosed. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, microbolometer focal plane array circuitry is disclosed for a microbolometer array having shared contacts between adjacen... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030453 | Bolometric detector with an antenna The invention relates to a bolometric detector comprising a receiving antenna (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) for collecting electromagnetic waves and a resistive load for converting the power of electromagnetic waves into he... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030378 | Real-time radiation sensor calibration One embodiment of the invention is directed to methods and apparatus for determining a variation of a calibration parameter of a pixel of the thermal sensor during operation of the imaging apparatus, after an initial calibration procedure. Another embodiment of the ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026601 | Sensor system, and sensor apparatus and reception apparatus used in the sensor system For a carrier wave carrying a microwave from an MW sensor 1, pulse intervals are varied between when the MW sensor 1 generates an alert and when the MW sensor 1 does not generate an alert. When checking a sensing area, an operator carries a rece... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026617 | Thermal infrared detector and infrared image sensor using the same An infrared image sensor encompasses (a) a base body, (b) a plurality of signal lines disposed on the base body, (c) a plurality of address lines intersecting the signal lines, (d) a plurality of detector portions provided in the cross region of the signal lines and... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026697 | Microstructures comprising a dielectric layer and a thin conductive layer Surface micromachined structures having a relatively thick dielectric layer and a relatively thin conductive layer bonded together. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021136 | Mass flow meter with symmetrical sensors A mass flow meter employs discrete chip-type temperature sensors to sense a fluid flow rate. The sensor can be a semiconductor chip such as SiC or silicon, or thin film tungsten on an AlN substrate. The sensors can be distributed symmetrically with respect to the co... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022990 | Deep cavity sensor package A hermetic package of a type used to contain a sensing element, such as an infrared sensing element. The package comprises a base having a base wall and sidewalls surrounding the base wall to define a first recess within the base. The sensing element is fabricated o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022992 | Method and apparatus for real-time monitoring of furnace flue gases A method and apparatus for monitoring the flue gases of a furnace combustion process is disclosed. A by-pass circuit that communicates a sample of flue gases to be monitored from a furnace, through a measurement chamber and back to the furnace or furnace exhaust duc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019673 | Skew-tolerant gray codes Skew-tolerant Gray codes have the property that consecutive code words differ in only one co-ordinate position, and the additional property that, in each consecutive group of three consecutive code words, the first and third code words differ in only two adjacent co... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015457 | Spectrally tunable detector A spectrally tunable optical detector and methods of manufacture therefore are provided. In one illustrative embodiment, the tunable optical detector includes a tunable bandpass filter, a detector and readout electronics, each supported by a different substrate. The... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015471 | Surface plasmon resonance systems and methods having a variable charge density layer A device for detecting the presence of a member of a specific binding pair in a sample includes a substrate and a variable charge density layer having a surface adjacent to the substrate and a surface remote from the substrate. A first member of a specific binding p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015472 | Infrared ray detecting type imaging device An imaging device comprises a select line, a first signal line crossing the select line, and a first pixel provided at a portion corresponding to a crossing portion of the select line and the first signal line, the first pixel comprising a first buffer layer formed ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014357 | Thermal icing conditions detector A sensor for detecting icing conditions in an airstream includes a flow housing mounted on an aircraft and in which one or more probes are mounted. At least one of the probes subjected to impingement of the airstream and liquid moisture droplets in such airstream. T... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005643 | Infrared sensor An infrared sensor formed as a membrane on a substrate and detecting infrared rays by an infrared detector on that membrane, wherein even if an adhesive used for mounting the infrared sensor on a mounting surface creeps up to the membrane, it is made possible to pre... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005644 | Thermal infrared detector and infrared focal plane array A thermal infrared detector includes a substrate; a temperature sensor having electrical characteristics changed in accordance with changes in temperature caused by infrared absorption; heat-insulating supporting legs supporting and thermally insulating the temperat... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005642 | Infrared sensor and electronic device using the same An infrared sensor includes a stem, a thermopile element disposed on a component-mounting surface of the stem, a case for covering the thermopile element, an inner cap that covers the thermopile element in order to shield infrared rays generated by secondary emissio... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002153 | Micro-bridge structure A method of fabricating a micro-bridge device (14, 16) onto a substrate (20). The method includes the steps of: providing a sacrificial material (32) on a surface region of the substrate (20); patternwise etching the sacrificial material ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003418 | Methods and systems for temperature compensation of physical property sensors Temperature compensation methods for physical property sensors are disclosed herein, based on a simple bridge circuit. An imbalance of the bridge circuit can be driven to a zero value, while a supply voltage thereof is simultaneously driven to a level required to br... | 02/21/2006 |
