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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Hahn-schickard-gesellschaft Für Angewandte Forschung E. V., Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Alfons Dehé, Reutlingen, DE;
Achim Bittner, Heilbronn, DE;
Daniel Biesinger, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e. V, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a modulatable infrared emitter comprising an aperture structure, a structured micro-heating element, and an actuator, wherein the aperture structure and the structured micro-heating element are movable relative to each other in parallel planes by means of the actuator to modulate the intensity of emitted infrared radiation. The invention further relates to methods of manufacturing the infrared emitter, a method of modulating emission of infrared radiation using the infrared emitter, and preferred uses of the infrared emitter. In further aspects the invention relates to a system comprising the infrared emitter and a control device for regulating the actuator.