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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
Rolin K Asatourian, Fullerton, CA (US);
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid focal plane array (FPA) structure including a soft, localized, and thick epoxy for supporting the FPA on a cooling device. The hybrid FPA arrangement includes a crystalline optical substrate with a layer of an optically sensitive material disposed on one surface of the substrate. The optically sensitive side of the substrate layer is coupled to a MUX chip via an interconnection scheme. The layered configuration of the detector, the optically-sensitive material, interconnection network, and the MUX is mounted to a platform or dewar cold plate with a pliable, thick epoxy which is locally deposited onto the platform to effectively form a raised mounting cushion which supports the MUX and reduces deleterious effects resulting form a close coupling of the FPA to the mounting platform.