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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101914 | Thermal-type infrared solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method of the same A thermal-type infrared solid-state imaging device comprises a infrared detector having at least a substrate provided with an integrated circuit for reading out a signal, a diaphragm for detecting a temperature change by absorbing infrared rays, and a support sectio... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8039799 | Motion detection system and method A system and method for detecting the presence of a moving object within a detection zone is provided. The system includes a first sensor responsive to light in a first range of wavelengths in the detection zone, a second sensor responsive to light in a second range... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7928388 | Infrared detection sensor and method of fabricating the same In an infrared detection sensor according to the present invention, all material constituting an upper portion of a sensing electrode in a supporting arm region is removed so that a supporting arm has low thermal conductivity. As a result, thermal conductivity of th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7897921 | Pyroelectric ceramic composition, and infrared element, and infrared detector A pyroelectric ceramic composition contains a compound represented by (Pb1−xCax)(1+a){(Ni1/3Nb2/3)yTi(1−y)}O3 (wherein x, y, and a satisfy 0.20≦x≦0.27, 0.01≦y≦0.06, a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7847253 | Wideband semiconducting light detector A detector incorporating a laser-doped element that is favorably absorbing to at least a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, for example in the infra-red range, is used in a light detector article. Readout circuits permitting a detector to operate in a substant... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847252 | Infrared-detecting element and infrared image sensor using the same An infrared-detecting element includes: a substrate; a laminated body; an anchor coupling a part of the laminated body with the substrate and supporting the laminated body with a gap above the substrate; and an amplifier provided on the substrate and connected to at... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7732770 | Thin film multi-layered pyroelectric capacitor Aspects described herein provide for the design and fabrication of a device with an enhanced pyroelectric response signal comprised of multi-capacitors that are connected in series. These capacitors are fabricated using multi-layers of materials such as lead zircona... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728297 | Infrared array sensor There is provided an infrared array sensor, which is capable of positional specification and flow tracking of an object to be detected without performing image processing, and whose cost is low. An infrared array sensor 100 where pixels 101, each havin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7683323 | Organic field effect transistor systems and methods An OFET on a pyroelectric or piezoelectric substrate, such as PVDF, can provide highly adaptable and manufacturable radiation or acoustic sensing. Local charge amplification can be provided, such to construct an array of sensing pixels, which can be configured in an... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7633065 | Conduction structure for infrared microbolometer sensors A conduction structure for infrared microbolometer sensors and a method for sensing electromagnetic radiation may be provided. The microbolometer may include a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer. The microbolometer further may include a bolometer lay... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7629581 | Infrared sensor and method of producing the same A method of producing an infrared sensor includes the steps of preparing a base integrally provided with a first electrode, and a plurality of supporting portions made of a material with low thermal conductivity, on one of principal surfaces of the base, preparing a... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7579595 | PIR motion sensor A passive infrared sensor has two or more element arrays, each consisting of positive polarity and negative polarity elements. The signals from the arrays are both summed together and subtracted from each other, and if either the sum or difference signal exceeds a t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7411195 | Human body detection device and electronic equipment using the same The human body detection device comprises a pyroelectric-type sensor 7 for detecting presence of a human body and an infrared distance-measuring sensor 2 for detecting a distance to a human body H detected by the pyroelectric-type sensor 7 in co... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405403 | Bolometric detector, device for detecting infrared radiation using such a detector and method for producing this detector A bolometric detector for electromagnetic radiation comprising a sensitive part or membrane comprising one or more layers of a sensitive material, the resistivity of which varies with temperature; first electric conductor elements in electrical continuity with a rea... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402803 | Pixel architecture for thermal imaging system A thermally tunable pixel element includes a substrate; a thermally tunable filter island; a thermal absorption structure in direct thermal contact with and extending beyond the thermally tunable filter island; and a thermal isolation structure providing a thermally... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397301 | Pyroelectric demodulating detector A pyroelectric demodulating detector (also termed a pyroelectric demodulator) is disclosed which utilizes an electrical resistor stacked upon a pyroelectric element to demodulate an rf or microwave electrical input signal which is amplitude-modulated (AM). The pyroe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7355626 | Location of events in a three dimensional space under surveillance A surveillance system using an array of detectors onto which energy from the scene under surveillance is focused can indicate the direction of an event that has been recognized. The invention uses two or more arrays to locate events in three dimensions, and to defin... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354770 | Sensing device and method using photo-induced charge movements A device and method which comprises a sensing surface on a membrane, solid surface or electrode, where the sensing surface contains a dye or chromophore chosen in relation to a particular target substance to be detected and quantified. The dye or chromophore is of a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351975 | Sensor system for identifying and tracking movements of multiple sources A system identifies a human being from the movement of the human being. The system includes a dual element pyroeleetric detector, a Fresnel lens array, and a processor. The dual element pyroelectric detector detects radiation from the human being as the human being ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351972 | Infrared radiation image having sub-pixelization and detector interdigitation An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels contains a plurality of interdigitated sub-detectors, where the sub-detect... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352107 | Transconductance circuit for piezoelectric transducer A transconductance monitoring and amplifying circuit for a piezoelectric transducer that may be used in, e.g., a motion detector system includes a FET, with the transducer (and, hence, the signal voltage reference) floating between the gate and source of the FET, as... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351973 | Apparatus and method for providing thermal conductance in thermally responsive photonic imaging devices Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photonic sensor and method of operation, in one embodiment a photonic has: a sensing element; a dielectric layer; a first electrode disposed between the sensing element and the dielectric layer; a seco... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339246 | Sensor arrangement consisting of light-sensitive and/or X-ray sensitive sensors The invention relates to a large-area sensor arrangement, notably a flat dynamic X-ray detector (FDXD). The light-sensitive and/or X-ray-sensitive sensors (pixels) of the sensor arrangement are arranged in a planar distribution on a substrate (1), thus formin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332725 | Sensor arrangement for recording a radiation, computer tomograph comprising said sensor arrangement and corresponding production method A sensor arrangement has a layer sequence that includes a holding substrate, an auxiliary layer, a detection layer and an insulating layer. The holding substrate holds detection elements. The auxiliary layer extends continuously over the detection elements or contai... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332717 | Infrared sensor and infrared sensor array An infrared sensor includes a series capacitor element and a reference capacitor element each exhibiting a predetermined capacitance value; an infrared-detecting capacitor element whose capacitance value varies depending on an intensity of infrared light incident on... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326936 | Photodetector and photodetecting device An infrared detector includes a silicon substrate, an infrared reflecting film, a diaphragm including a bolometer thin film, disposed above the silicon substrate across a gap, and a signal line that electrically connects the bolometer thin film and the infrared refl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319228 | Passive infra-red detectors A passive infra-red detector including at least three sub-detectors, each sub-detector being operative to receive infra-red radiation from a corresponding one of at least three sub fields-of-view, each sub field-of-view being exclusively defined by an optical elemen... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312450 | Infrared detecting device An infrared detecting device for reducing current consumption while maintaining performance is disclosed. The device includes a drive power supply circuit which comprises a current generating circuit and a distribution circuit, and which supplies a drive current to ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300880 | Methods for forming fine photoresist patterns A method of forming a fine pattern by a tri-layer resist process to overcome a bi-layer resist process is disclosed. When a fine pattern is formed using a silicon photoresist, a gas protection film is coated on a photoresist to prevent exhaustion of silicon gas gene... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294836 | Thermal electromagnetic radiation detector comprising an absorbent membrane fixed in suspension The absorbent membrane of the detector is fixed in suspension by at least one thermally insulating support part onto a front face of a substrate comprising at least two electric connection terminals electrically connected to the membrane, for example by means of con... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279692 | Micromechanical infrared source A device for generating infrared radiation includes at least one heating element and at least one radiating element for irradiating the infrared radiation. The heating element is a micromechanical, two-dimensional heater structure. The heating element may be applied... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276698 | Thermal-type infra-red ray solid-state image sensor and method of fabricating the same A thermal-type infra-red ray solid-state image sensor includes at least one device for detecting infra-red ray, wherein the device is comprised of a substrate including a signal-readout circuit, a contact electrode formed on the substrate and electrically connected ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276695 | Bolometer infrared detector and afterimage reduction method A bolometer infrared detecting element has a thermal isolation structure in which a temperature detector comprising a bolometer thin film is held floating from a circuit substrate by beams. As infrared rays incident on the temperature detector or reflected by an inf... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274058 | Ferroelectric/paraelectric multilayer thin film, method of forming the same, and high frequency variable device using the same A ferroelectric/paraelectric multilayer thin film having a high tuning rate of a dielectric constant and small dielectric loss to overcome limitations of a tuning rate of a dielectric constant and dielectric loss of a ferroelectric thin film, a method of forming the... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272187 | Filter circuit and radio apparatus A distributor 103 distributes an input signal into two lines of distributed signals with equal amplitudes and equal phases. Buffers 104, 105 suppress interference between distributed signals distributed into the two lines. A filter 106 performs ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7186987 | Organic materials and devices for detecting ionizing radiation A π-conjugated organic material for detecting ionizing radiation, and particularly for detecting low energy fission neutrons. The π-conjugated materials comprise a class of organic materials whose members are intrinsic semiconducting materials. Included in this cl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186380 | Transistor and sensors made from molecular materials with electric dipoles A polarization-dependent device is provided that includes organic materials having electric dipoles. The polarization-dependent device comprises: (a) a source region and a drain region separated by a channel region having a length L, formed on a substrate; (b) a die... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183912 | PIR motion sensor utilizing sum and difference sensor signals A passive infrared sensor has two detector elements, each of which has a positive part and a negative part, with each detector element generating respective first and second signals. The signals are added together to render a “sum” signal and are also subtracted... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180063 | Thermal infrared detector having a small thermal time constant and method of producing the same In an area of a diaphragm 5 as an infrared photosensitive portion of a thermal infrared detector, a fourth dielectric protective film 8c is etched and reduced in thickness to form a fifth dielectric protective film 8d so that the t... | 02/20/2007 |
