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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryan E. Giedd, Springfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Governors of Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an uncooled, infrared detector which includes a sensor having an amorphous surface layer containing organic carbon and a high dopant concentration which possesses an improved temperature coefficient of resistivity, as well as improved responsivity, and which may be patterned to form a focal plane array by means of common microlithographic techniques. The present invention is additionally directed to an “ion beam mixing” process for preparing the present infrared sensor.