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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Lester Lee, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Haluk Omer Sankur, Ventura, CA (US);
William Victor McLevige, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Innovative Technology Licensing, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
Abstract
A focal plane array has a plurality of detectors for each pixel of the array. The detector having the best operability for each pixel is determined and a custom microlens array is fabricated, with each lens having a focal point directed to the best detector on each pixel. A Multiplexer (MUX) similarly transmits signals from the selected detectors while blocking transmission from the non-selected detectors.