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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:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard T Schneider, Alachua, FL (US);
Assignee:
Progress Technology Corp., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503362 ; 505848 ; 505849 ;
Abstract
A broadband photon detector capable of detecting a steady state flux of incident radiation operates using a superconducting material is biased at the temperature where the material changes from a superconducting to a non-superconducting state. Photons which strike said material cause a temperature rise and a measurable increase in resistivity of the material that continues until the radiation ceases. The superconducting material for detecting the incident radiation is formed as a strip on microspheres that act as a substrate to make as small a heat sink as possible.