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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7022997 | Photoelectric converter, its driving method, and system including the photoelectric converter A photoelectric converter of a high signal-to-noise ratio, low cost, high productivity and stable characteristics and a system including the above photoelectric converter. The photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric converting portion in which a first elect... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6144285 | Thermal sensor and method of making same A two level microbridge infrared thermal detector having an upper detector planar section (a) comprising a temperature responsive detector of an oxide of vanadium having a high TCR and a resistivity in the range of 20K ohms to 50K ohms per square sheet re... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5973383 | High temperature ZrN and HfN IR scene projector pixels A structure and method of making resistive emitting members which exhibit high resistivity while at the same time providing high temperature operation significantly above that known in the art. Specifically the use of nitrides of Group IVB transition meta... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5823680 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor includes a ceramic substrate, and a sensing resistor containing platinum is embedded in the ceramic substrate. Electric current can be applied to the sensing resistor through the lead. The voltage of the sensing resistor can be detect... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5555246 | Process for the production of a balanced wire resistor A balanced wire resistor has two interconnected windings with different temperature coefficients. The electrical resistance of the wire resistor is determined only by the resistance values of the two windings. In a process for the production of the wire r... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5420419 | Camera for producing video output signal, infrared focal plane array package for such camera, and method and apparatus for generating video signals from passive focal plane array of elements on a semiconductor substrate A camera system primarily for infrared radiation having a focal plane array of microbolometer elements in a vacuum package with inexpensive thermoelectric temperature stabilization is shown. The stabilization temperature may be selected by a designer or a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 4894700 | Image sensor An elongated image sensor comprises a plurality of light receiving elements of a sandwich structure arranged in a row and wherein a photoconductive layer is sandwiched by a lower electrode and a light-permeable upper electrode. In the image sensor, an ove... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4887139 | Linear photo sensing device A linear photo sensing device comprises a first electrode section with a plurality of electrode elements linearly arrayed, a second linear electrode section, a linear semiconductor layer with photo-electric converting function sandwiched between the first... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4871921 | Detector array assembly having bonding means joining first and second surfaces except where detectors are disposed Method and apparatus for providing an improved detector array assembly in which the detectors are electrically connected from one substrate to another through adjoining "bump" connections but are prevented from distortion when an epoxy joining the two sub... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4835507 | Photosensor array for image processing apparatus A photosensor array for use with an image processing apparatus has a plurality of photosensors disposed in an array. Each photosensor includes a substrate, a photoconductive layer formed on the substrate and made of an amorphous silicon, and a pair of ele... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4808833 | Image sensors using a photo-sensing element array and matrix wires methods of manufacturing same An image sensor having first wires formed in parallel on a first region of a substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the first region covering the first wires and on a second region of said substrate; first electrodes arranged in line, connecting to th... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4680576 | Photoelectric smoke detector and alarm system An improved photoelectric smoke detector and alarm system which may be incorporated in a single station, completely self-contained unitary structure, or which may be incorporated in a multi-station detector system that is capable of self-contained operati... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4572947 | Triggering method for light triggered thyristors The present invention provides a method for triggering a light triggered thyristor (LT2) which method comprises using a light source to provide background excitation of carriers in at least the amplifying gate areas of the LT2 prior ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4482881 | Thick extended contact photoconductor A semiconductor photoconductor having low impedance nonmetallic contacts is disclosed which has increased detectivity over prior art photoconductor structures. The improved photoconductor has metallic contacts that are separated by a contact length that i... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4419696 | Elongate thin-film reader A manuscript reader comprises an amorphous silicon film sandwiched between at least one transparent electrode and a plurality of metal electrodes formed on an insulating substrate. If the reader includes a plurality of sensors, the detection circuitry can... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4405915 | Photoelectric transducing element A photoelectric transducing element comprising (a) a substrate; (b) first electrode provided on said substrate; (c) first contact layer to form an ohmic contact with said first electrode with respect to electric charge in at least one polarity; (d) a phot... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4162507 | Contact structure for a multiple semiconductor component A contact structure for a multiple semiconductor component comprises at least two adjacent hand shaped connecting contact arrangements with the fingers parting in opposite directions and splayed out, each finger being interrupted by one of the individual ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4010376 | Photoconductive commutators First photoconductor material interconnecting a plurality of first electrodes with a first common electrode is scanned or swept with a beam of radiant energy to selectively interrogate or address individual ones of the plurality of first electrodes. A sec... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3988612 | Photodetector array and method of manufacturing same Disclosed is a photodetector array of resistance variable light detectors and a method for manufacturing such an array. Electronic read-out circuitry is normally associated therewith.... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3968360 | High resolution photoconductive array and process for fabricating same Disclosed is a novel photoconductive array suitable for use as an infrared detector, and a novel process for fabricating same. In this process, a chosen metallization pattern is disposited on the surface of an insulating substrate, and thereafter the meta... | 07/06/1976 |
