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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Owen, Rowlett, TX (US);
William K Walker, Plano, TX (US);
Steven E Frank, McKinney, TX (US);
Charles M Hanson, Richardson, TX (US);
Kevin N Sweetser, Garland, TX (US);
Edward G Meissner, Dallas, TX (US);
Howard R Beratan, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503383 ; 250332 ; 2503382 ;
Abstract
A hybrid thermal detector and method for producing same where the optical coating 32 of the hybrid thermal detector has elongated parallel thermal isolation stots 62 along one axis. The elongated parallel slots 62 improve the acuity, or MTF of the resultant image produced by the detector along one axis. The optical coating 32 may be corrugated, or elevated, in order to add structural support and allow mechanical compliance along the axis of the slots.