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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mayumi Kosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/22 (2006.01); G01J 5/20 (2006.01); H10N 15/10 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/22 (2013.01); H10N 15/15 (2023.02); G01J 2005/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
One object of the present invention is to provide a bolometer having low resistance. The present invention relates to a bolometer including two electrodes and a bolometer film lying between the two electrodes to connect the two electrodes, wherein the bolometer film includes semiconducting carbon nanotubes in a proportion of 90% by mass or more to the total amount of carbon nanotubes and includes p-type semiconducting carbon nanotubes, and one or both of the two electrodes include(s) a monometal or alloy having lower work function than the p-type semiconducting carbon nanotubes at least in a part of the electrode.