Plessey Overseas Limited

Richard A Bache

David J Pedder

Paul Watson

A thermal detector of the type comprising an array of discrete detector elements each of which is supported by a common supportive layer, each of which is provided in thermal contact with a corresponding collector of radiation absorbent material, the area of each collector being larger than the area of the corresponding detector element, characterized in that contact between each collector and the supportive layer is restricted to an area lying substantially within and displaced from the edge periphery of said collector.

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Northampton, United Kingdom

Richard A Bache