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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:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rudolph R Gammarino, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Loral Electro-Optical Systems, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503383 ;
Abstract
A pyroelectric detector assembly for detection of 10.6 .mu.m infrared laser radiation which has a thin film detector element fabricated from thin film lithium tantalate (LiTaO.sub.3) coated with black gold, and an ultra low noise charge coupled preamplifier optimized for lithium tantalate. A postamplifier includes a low pass filter, voltage comparator, threshold adjustment, and pulse generator.