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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7582857 | Sensor and polarimetric filters for real-time extraction of polarimetric information at the focal plane A polarimetric imaging system employs a pixel pitch matched filter for use within, for example, a 2 by 2 pixel neighborhood, in which one pixel samples the scene via a 0 degree polarization filter and a second pixel samples the scene via a 45 degree polarization fil... | 09/01/2009 |
| 6606042 | True background calibration of pipelined analog digital converters Systems and methods are provided for performing a background calibration technique on one or more stages of a pipeline Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC). The systems and methods employs a slow but accurate analog-to-digital converter or a slow but accurat... | 08/12/2003 |
| 5254504 | Method of manufacturing ferroelectric MOSFET sensors A method of manufacturing ferroelectric sensors having piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties are provided. These sensors include a semiconductor transistor having a gate and a surface layered with an integral film comprising a substantially poled ferr... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4739380 | Integrated ambient sensing devices and methods of manufacture An ambient sensing device is described especially suited to the sensing of a variety of ambient parameters. Photolithographic techniques are used to pattern a multiplicity of sensitive layers on a single monolithic substrate taking into account the wide r... | 04/19/1988 |
