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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
U.s. Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-i, Adelphi, MD (US);
Ryan C. Toonen, Belcamp, MD (US);
Mathew P. Ivill, Havre de Grace, MD (US);
Melanie W. Cole, Churchville, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A pyroelectric device having a substrate and a first electrode overlying at least a portion of the substrate. A plurality of spaced apart nanometer sized pyroelectric elements are electrically connected to and extending outwardly from the first electrode so that each element forms a single domain. A dielectric material is deposited in the space between the individual elements and a second electrode spaced apart from said first electrode is electrically connected to said pyroelectric elements.