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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Mitchell, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ryan P. Boesch, Louisville, CO (US);
Matthew C. Thomas, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/46 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/046 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01J 5/12 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bolometer pixel trigger including a substrate, a bolometer formed on the substrate, and a thermal-sensitive film trigger. The thermal-sensitive film trigger includes a resistive varying thermal-sensitive material configured to change resistance in response to a change in temperature thereof. The thermal-sensitive film trigger is configured such that current flow therethrough varies in response to changes in the resistance of the resistive varying thermal-sensitive material.