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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neal R Butler, Acton, MA (US);
Shigesato Iwasa, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Loral Infrared & Imaging Systems, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250332 ; 2503384 ; 25037008 ;
Abstract
A monolithic detector array apparatus for sensing infrared radiation. An array of semiconductor diode bolometers are fabricated on micromachined thermal isolation structures called microbridges. The detectors are configured in an array and addressed by row and column. Readout circuitry may be optionally incorporated onto a common substrate. The monolithic detector array may be highly integrated, resulting in a low cost and a high performance focal plane array.