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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tak-Kin Chu, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; G01J / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 2502 / ; 2503384 ; 357 30 ;
Abstract
An infrared image detector array is constructed by depositing a plurality non-contiguous strips of infrared radiation responsive, semiconductor material on one side of a base substrate. A contiguous metal semiconductor contact in then overlaid on the plurality of strips thereby forming an individual Schottky barrier detector element wherever the metal contact crosses one of the plurality of strips.