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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7705306 | Infrared photodetector An infrared photodetector that is capable of efficiently detecting single photon over an extensive range of wavelengths from several μm to several hundreds of μm and is suitable for arraying, and wherein an oscillatory electric field of a single infrared photon ( | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705309 | Radiation detector with extended dynamic range A mechanical-optical transducer comprises a readout illumination source providing light having different wavelengths or different polarization states; an image sensor array for sensing the light from the readout illumination source; and a mechanical-optical device i... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700919 | Device for detecting electromagnetic radiation, especially infrared radiation A device for detecting electromagnetic radiation, especially infrared radiation, including an array of elementary bolometers which are sensitive to the incident radiation and are referred to as “active” bolometers and an additional row of bolometers which are su... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696478 | Resistive materials for microbolometer, method for preparation of resistive materials and microbolometer containing the resistive materials Provided are resistive materials for a microbolometer, a method for preparation of resistive materials and a microbolometer containing the resistive materials. The resistive materials for the microbolometer include an alloy of silicon and antimony or an alloy of sil... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7692148 | Thermal sensor with thermal barrier The invention provides a sensor element formed in a first substrate and having a thermal barrier disposed between the sensor element and a heat source provided elsewhere on the first substrate. The thermal barrier includes at least one pair of trenches formed within... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692150 | Real time imaging expandable passive millimeter wave system for detecting concealed objects A passive millimeter wave system of this invention is comprised of; human body detector sensors which detect human bodies passing a scanner; passive millimeter wave image sensor modules arranged horizontally or vertically to acquire millimeter wave images radiated f... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692149 | Optical sensing Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, device, and methods of providing optical sensing. Various embodiment include an optical transmitting and receiving apparatus that can include an optical fiber bundle having an end located proximate to a lens and... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687774 | Infrared ray sensing element and method of producing the same An infrared ray sensing element, includes: 1) a semiconductor substrate; 2) an infrared ray receiver disposed above the semiconductor substrate in such a manner as to be isolated from the semiconductor substrate, the infrared ray receiver being configured to receive... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7679057 | Antenna-coupled-into-rectifier infrared sensor elements and infrared sensors An infrared sensor element having an antenna coupled directly into a rectifier. Infrared radiation impinging the antenna induces an alternating current. The rectifier converts the alternating current into a rectified signal. The rectified signal corresponds to a mag... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675035 | Coupling and method for a transition-edge bolometer The invention relates to a circuit for transition-edge bolometers, which comprises a resistor element (1) arranged to operate in the transition-edge zone, and an amplifier (5) connected to the resistor element (1). According to the invention, in... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671334 | Viewing device for use with coded data on a surface A viewing device is used with coded data on a surface. The device includes a sensor arrangement for sensing the coded data when the device is placed on the surface, and a processor in signal communication with the sensor arrangement. The processor is configured to d... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667200 | Thermal microphotonic sensor and sensor array A thermal microphotonic sensor is disclosed for detecting infrared radiation using heat generated by the infrared radiation to shift the resonant frequency of an optical resonator (e.g. a ring resonator) to which the heat is coupled. The shift in the resonant freque... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663106 | Infrared sensor and method for producing same An infrared sensor includes a first substrate made of a thermoelectric conversion material and a second substrate. The first substrate is supported by posts made of an electrode material while being spaced apart from the second substrate. A sensing electrode and lea... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7655909 | Infrared detector elements and methods of forming same Infrared detector elements and methods for forming infrared detector elements in which the top metal layer of CMOS circuitry of the detector element is employed as a lead metal reflector for the infrared detector. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7638768 | Laser wavefront characterization The device and method of the present invention are useful for determining the characteristics of an infrared wavefront. The present invention involves positioning a beam of light containing the infrared wavefront to be characterized onto a distorted grating, using t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7622717 | Pixel structure having an umbrella type absorber with one or more recesses or channels sized to increase radiation absorption A pixel structure for use in an infrared imager is provided. The pixel structure includes a substrate and a bolometer. The bolometer includes a transducer that has a spaced apart relationship with respect to the substrate and has an electrical resistance that varies... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7615748 | Outgassing rate detection A workpiece processing system includes a platen configured to support a workpiece, a source configured to provide an electromagnetic wave proximate a front surface of the workpiece, and a detector. The detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the elec... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612339 | Optoconductive compound and method of producing the same Conventional optoconductive compounds, such as CIS or CdTe include scarce indium or environmentally-unfriendly cadmium. On the other hand, an optoconductive compound according to the present invention has high optoconductive efficiency without inclusion of indium an... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608823 | Multimode focal plane array with electrically isolated commons for independent sub-array biasing In a multimode FPA, all of the FPA's conducting layers including all of the absorbing layers are patterned to form electrically isolated commons for at least two, and in some instances all of the photodetector sub-arrays, to support independent mode biasing of the p... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7582870 | Imaging apparatus for IR four-wave mixing polarization microscopy Disclosed is an imaging apparatus for IR four-wave mixing polarization microscopy. The apparatus can include pump and probe beam sources, a polarizer, a beam combiner, a scanner, an optical focusing system, a collecting optical system, a dichroic beam splitter, a po... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7566874 | Infrared sensor and its manufacturing method An infrared sensor has a groove formed at a peripheral portion of an optical filter in a region opposed to a circumferential region of an opening of a package so as to be continuously located in the peripheral portion of the optical filter. The optical filter has a ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7564032 | Gas sensor A gas sensor includes at least two light source, projection optics and a light-reflecting chamber provided with at least one light entry opening. The gas sensor further includes a detector that cooperates with the chamber, by means of which detector light from the l... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7554084 | Automated dispenser An automatic dispenser for dispensing lengths of paper for use as hand towels, includes an IR sensor system for detecting a user. The sensor system scans at a first scanning rate and also at a second higher scanning rate. When the sensor system detects a user, it ch... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7550726 | Electronic device and method for fabricating the same An electronic device according to the present invention includes: at least one heat sensing section (13), which includes a first contact portion (24) and of which a physical property varies responsive to an incoming infrared ray; a detector circuit sec... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550725 | Multi-laser system Hand held infrared measurement devices are disclosed, having at least two separated laser sighting emitters (2), which together mark and define a sighting area on a target surface (7,7′,7″). In an embodiment of the invention, separate lasers (2 | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547886 | Infrared sensor systems and devices An organic material can be used in a modified strain gauge for IR transduction, resulting in an organic IR sensor. Infrared radiation incident on the organic material modulates a displacement of the material in order to detect the presence and intensity of IR radiat... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544940 | Semiconductor device including vanadium oxide sensor element with restricted current density In a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, and at least one sensor element made of vanadium oxide formed over the semiconductor substrate, the sensor element is designed so that a density of a current flowing through the sensor element is between... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544941 | Motion detector module A motion detector comprises a housing having a front side and a back side. Conductors are disposed on the back side so as to electrically connect to a wiring module installed within an electrical box. An infrared (IR) sensor is mounted within the housing and configu... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541583 | Infrared detecting apparatus and infrared imaging apparatus using the same An infrared detecting apparatus includes: a substrate; an infrared detector which detects infrared radiation; a first supporting member which extends between the infrared detector and the substrate, and which supports the infrared detector apart from the substrate; ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541582 | Method for production of a device for thermal detection of radiation comprising an active microbolometer and a passive microbolometer The invention relates to a passive microbolometer (12), comprising a reflective screen (17) and a suspended membrane with the function of radiation absorber, thermometer and electrical connection. The membrane is supported by at least two anchor elemen... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7531800 | Infrared detection element An infrared detection element is configured to prevent decreases in detection precision when a beam bends. The infrared detection element basically has a substrate structure, a light receiver configured and arranged to receive infrared rays and at least one beam hav... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525092 | Infrared sensor having thermo couple An infrared sensor includes a base plate having a membrane portion at the center thereof an a thick portion around the membrane, a thermocouple unit having a hot side contact member formed on the membrane portion and a cool side contact member formed on the thick po... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511274 | Infrared radiation sources, sensors and source combinations, and methods of manufacture A blackbody radiation device (110) includes a planar filament emission element (102) and a planar detector (104) for respectively producing and detecting radiation having width dl/l less than about 0.1 to test a sample gas, where l is the wavele... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7504630 | Method and apparatus for attenuating a light beam Attenuators used to regulate optical signals are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an assembly including an IR source and an IR sensor is provided to sense blockage of optical signals transmitted between two collimators via a fixed common ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501626 | Micromechanical thermal sensor A radiation sensor that can operate in the THz regime comprising: a micro antenna, which may comprise a two-dimensional patterned thin-film metallizations on a thin dielectric pellicle fabricated by micro machining of a silicon wafer; a thermally isolated microstruc... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501627 | Integrated ultra-sensitive infrared sensor The apparatus is a miniature assembly which detects very low power infrared radiation and produces an electronic signal. The incoming infrared is combined in a wavelength multiplexer with high energy light from a laser chip and passed through an upconversion crystal... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498575 | Optical analysis device An optical analysis device having a gastight housing, a radiation-permeable housing element, at least a first radiation source and associated first reflector and a second radiation source and associated second reflector, at least first and second detectors, and an e... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495220 | Uncooled infrared sensor An uncooled infrared sensor can be used for a plurality of applications such as fire fighting, surveilling a border or any desired area, and limb sounding. The uncooled infrared sensor includes manually or automatically adjustable optics that receive an electromagne... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7495219 | Radiation detection apparatus A radiation detection apparatus comprises a radiation detector and a lens arrangement. The lens arrangement comprises a polarising element and an optical corrector. The optical corrector is preferably located between the polarising element and the radiation detector... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7485860 | Thermoelectric bridge IR detector An IR detector for use in an array of detectors is provided with better thermal resolution resulting in increased range and increased contrast for a standard 30 frame per second frame rate includes a support structure for the detector made from thermoelectric materi... | 02/03/2009 |
