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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Kristina Helena Valborg Hedengren, Schenectady, NY (US);
William Paul Kornrumpf, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Lloyd Miller, Schenectady, NY (US);
Beale Hibbs Opsahl-Ong, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Egidijus Edward Uzgiris, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermal sensor array includes a dielectric layer including a plurality of individual thermal sensors and a pattern of deposited electrical interconnections facing at least one surface of the dielectric layer for providing electrical connections from each of the plurality of individual thermal sensors, the dielectric layer and the pattern of deposited electrical interconnections being surface-conformable. The thermal sensor array can be used in a diagnostic tool that further includes: a scanning device coupled to the pattern of deposited electrical interconnections for obtaining sensor signals from the thermal sensors; and a computer for processing the sensor signals to estimate temperature distributions.