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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Applicant:
William N. Carr, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventor:
William N. Carr, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01); G01J 5/20 (2006.01); G01J 5/061 (2022.01); G01J 5/08 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/12 (2013.01); G01J 5/061 (2013.01); G01J 5/0853 (2013.01); G01J 5/0896 (2013.01); G01J 5/20 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G01J 2005/062 (2013.01); G01J 2005/123 (2013.01); G01J 2005/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal pixel configured as an electromagnetic emitter and/or an electromagnetic detector. The thermal pixel comprises a micro-platform suspended with semiconductor nanowires from a surrounding support platform. The nanowires comprise phononic structure providing a decrease in thermal conductivity. In some embodiments, the pixel is structured for operation within a broad bandwidth or a limited bandwidth. Metamaterial and/or photonic crystal filters provide pixel operation over a limited bandwidth. In some other embodiments, the micro-platform comprises a nanotube structure providing a broadband emission/absorption spectral response.