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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7157708 | Ultra sensitive silicon sensor readout circuitry A readout circuit for a bolometer type sensor including a pair of back-to-back temperature sensing diodes connected in an electro-thermal feedback loop including a semiconductor amplifier circuit located in an intermediate stage between a detector stage and a heat b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7157706 | Cryogenically cooled adjustable apertures for infrared cameras A continuously variable diaphragm or swappable fixed aperture for use in thermal infrared cameras, which aperture or diaphragm can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The invention contemplates mounting aperture control means, if necessary, in a vacuum or extending... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157714 | Thermal imaging method to detect subsurface objects A thermal imaging method to detect heat flows from naturally-heated subsurface objects. The method uniquely combines precise, emissivity-corrected temperature maps, thermal inertia maps, temperature simulations, and automatic target recognition to display clear, clu... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154136 | Isolation structures for preventing photons and carriers from reaching active areas and methods of formation Regions of an integrated circuit are isolated by a structure that includes at least one isolating trench on the periphery of an active area. The trench is deep, extending at least about 0.5 μm into the substrate. The isolating structure prevents photons and electro... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151265 | Chopped radiation source A chopped radiation source composed of a radiation source component, a chopping component and an optical fiber connector component. Each of these components is arranged within a housing in a manner such that the elements of each of these components will not move in ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151416 | Apparatus and method to generate a 50% duty cycle clock in a single-ended crystal oscillator A clock generator includes an active oscillator portion that generates an oscillating signal having a frequency determined by a resonator, such as a crystal or other type of resonator. A filter or delay module filters or delays the oscillating signal to generate a s... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150559 | Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems A hot melt adhesive sensing system and methods including detecting (410) multiple areas of a target, for example a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing (420) an output of the t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148628 | Photosensitive control with dynamic calibration A method and circuit arrangement dynamically calibrate a photosensitive control for a light source that includes a voltage divider circuit coupled to a resistive light detector and configured to output to a comparison circuit a variable voltage signal that varies wi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148481 | Device for detecting infrared radiation with bolometric detectors An infrared detection device including a matrix of bolometric detectors electrically connected to a reading circuit. Each of the detectors includes at least two electrically conductive thermal insulation structures insulated from one another and fitted in contact at... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148480 | Polycrystalline optical window materials from nanoceramics Optical windows for protecting infrared sensing instruments are manufactured from nano-sized crystallites by compressing the crystallites into a continuous mass under high pressure in the presence of a pulsed electric current, preferably one produced by spark plasma... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144152 | Apparatus for thermal management of multiple core microprocessors An apparatus for managing the temperature of an integrated circuit having a multiple core microprocessor is described. Specifically, thermal sensors are placed at potential hot spots throughout each microprocessor core. A thermal management unit monitors the thermal... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145141 | Infrared bolometer The present invention discloses an infrared bolometer including a signal bridge used for reading a resistance value varied by infrared heat and removing residual heat of a heat absorbing layer. The infrared bolometer includes a lower substrate having an integrated c... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145165 | Tunable laser fluid sensor A sensitive fluid sensor for detecting fluids and particularly trace fluids. The sensor may be adjustable for detecting fluids of various absorption lines. To effect such adjustment, a tunable laser may be used. The laser may be an edge emitting diode, a VCSEL or ot... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145455 | MEMS based space safety infrared sensor apparatus and method A space safety apparatus monitoring a volume of space encompassing a field of view (FOV) for detecting an intrusion including a gas or vapor, and includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) having mirror elements in a mirror array for reflecting infra-red (IR)... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138630 | Bolometric detector, infrared detection device employing such a bolometric detector and process for fabricating this detector A bolometric detector including a sensitive part having one or more layers of a sensitive material, the resistivity of which varies with temperature, electrodes isolated from one another, also acting as infrared radiation absorbers, the electrodes being in contact w... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135698 | Multi-spectral infrared super-pixel photodetector and imager A multi-spectral super-pixel photodetector for detecting four or more different bands of infrared radiation is described. The super-pixel photodetector includes two or more sub-pixel photodetectors, each of which includes a diffractive resonant optical cavity that r... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136215 | Piezoelectrically-activated cantilevered spatial light modulator A piezoelectric spatial light modulator including a substrate having an array of cavities and piezoelectric cantilevers is arranged on the substrate. Each of the piezoelectric cantilevers includes a base portion on the substrate and a beam portion extending over a r... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136429 | Passive redundant digital data receiver with dual comparator edge detection A passive coupling structure constructed using printed circuit board traces is used to separate the low and high frequency components of an incoming digital signal. The low and high frequency components of the signal are sent to separate receivers on an integrated c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131766 | Temperature sensor apparatus and method A temperature sensor includes a membrane supported by a substrate and a circuit having elements for a substrate electrical resistance indicative of the temperature of a substrate and a membrane electrical resistance indicative of the temperature of a membrane. The s... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132648 | Uniform, non-disruptive, and radiometrically accurate calibration of infrared focal plane arrays using global scene motion A method of generating an image sequence that includes the steps of detecting scene irradiance using detectors in a focal plane array, generating an output image sequence for each of the detectors based on the detected irradiance, and correcting the output image seq... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132655 | Passive millimeter wave sensor using high temperature superconducting leads A radiation sensor (20) has a substrate (34); an antenna (24) coupled to the substrate (34), a thermal detector unit TDU (22) spaced from the antenna (24) and the substrate (34); and a multi-layered conductive lead ( | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132666 | Radiation detector and radiation detecting element The invention relates to a radiation detector. The detector includes an insulating substrate, a thin-film layer made of semiconductor or insulator formed on the surface of the substrate, at least a pair of electrodes provided on the thin-film layer, voltage applying... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129490 | Oject detection technology A detection apparatus is discloses comprising an emitter for emitting a plurality of optical pulses; a detector for receiving the optical pulses from the emitter; and a controller connected to the emitter and the detector, the controller comparing a difference betwe... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129491 | Diffraction mode terahertz tomography A method of obtaining a series of images of a three-dimensional object. The method includes the steps of transmitting pulsed terahertz (THz) radiation through the entire object from a plurality of angles, optically detecting changes in the transmitted THz radiation ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125163 | Simple high accuracy high energy calorimeter An exemplary calorimeter includes a body configured to capture radiation generated by a source of the radiation, such as without limitation a laser, and absorb energy from the captured radiation. The calorimeter is simple to manufacture, operate, and maintain and is... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126111 | Camera module having a threaded lens barrel and a ball grid array connecting device An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126476 | Dual sensor intruder alarm A dual sensor intruder alarm (DSIA) for detecting an intruder in a security zone monitored by the DSIA comprising: a PIR sensor; an additional sensor, and a controller that determines an operating difference between the ambient temperature and a normative surface te... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122797 | Method for making an infrared detector and infrared detector A detector including a base having a recess formed therein and a diaphragm generally extending across the recess. The detector further includes an infrared sensitive component or a piezoelectric or piezoresistive element located on, above or supported by the diaphra... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122798 | Infrared image sensor An infrared image sensor comprises, a substrate having an image area on which infrared radiation is made incident and an non-image area out of the image area, plural first heat-sensitive parts arranged in rows and columns on the image area, plural second heat-sensit... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121685 | Color-corrected laser illumination system for night vision applications A color-corrected lighting system for night vision applications includes a near infrared light source and a thin-sheet optical element disposed a distance from the near infrared source. The optical element includes an input surface for receiving light from the near ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117912 | System and method for monitoring heat seal devices An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a heating element moving periodically along a predefined path includes first and second sensors positioned adjacent the path of the heating element. The first sensor is configured to sense the presence of the heating elem... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119326 | Method and apparatus for testing an infrared sensor A method and apparatus for evaluating the functionality and sensitivity of an infrared sensor to infrared radiation. The method and apparatus are adapted for testing an infrared sensor having a diaphragm containing a heating element and a transducer that generates a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115867 | Apparatus and method for testing infrared functions An apparatus and method for testing infrared functions of infrared transceiver modules that is equipped with an infrared transmission capability mainly includes to start test operation before an infrared transceiver module being installed on an electronic device the... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114846 | Two-color radiation thermometer A two-color radiation thermometer includes an image pickup device having micro photo receiving units arranged two-dimensionally; a light diverging device for diverging incident light coming from a measuring object into two paths and irradiating the light on two diff... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117121 | System and process to ensure performance of mandated inspections A method and apparatus to provide evidence that a person who is intended to make a required inspection was actually physically present at a predefined location associated with the inspection, so that the inspection could have been done, and if not, to provide an ind... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113534 | Device for generating terahertz radiation, and a semiconductor component The invention relates to a device for generating terahertz (THz) radiation comprising a short pulse laser (1) with mode coupling to which a pump beam (3) is supplied, and comprising a semiconductor component equipped with a resonator mirror (M4)... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108419 | Thermal tympanic thermometer tip The present disclosure provides a tympanic thermometer including a heat sensing probe defining a longitudinal axis and an outer surface extending from a distal end of the tympanic thermometer. The heat sensing probe includes a sensor housing extending to a distal en... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109784 | Gate bias circuit for MOS Charge Coupled Devices A biasing circuit for use with a Charged Coupled Device (CCD) that creates a gate bias voltage by maintaining a model or surrogate representation of the surface potentials within the CCD storage and barrier regions. In one embodiment the invention is a bias circuit ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106167 | Stable high temperature sensor system with tungsten on AlN A sensor system has an AlN substrate, a W layer on the substrate, a signal source adapted to apply an electrical actuating signal to the W layer, and a sensor adapted to sense the response of the W layer. The W layer can comprise a thin film, with various types of o... | 09/12/2006 |
