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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Russell A. Wincheski, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Jan M. Smits, Monument, CO (US);
Jeffrey D. Jordan, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Anthony Neal Watkins, Hampton, VA (US);
Joanne L. Ingram, Norfolk, VA (US);
Russell A. Wincheski, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Jan M. Smits, Monument, CO (US);
Jeffrey D. Jordan, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Anthony Neal Watkins, Hampton, VA (US);
JoAnne L. Ingram, Norfolk, VA (US);
Abstract
A light sensor substrate comprises a base made from a semi-conductive material and topped with a layer of an electrically non-conductive material. A first electrode and a plurality of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based conductors are positioned on the layer of electrically non-conductive material with the CNT-based conductors being distributed in a spaced apart fashion about a periphery of the first electrode. Each CNT-based conductor is coupled on one end thereof to the first electrode and extends away from the first electrode to terminate at a second free end. A second or gate electrode is positioned on the non-conductive material layer and is spaced apart from the second free end of each CNT-based conductor. Coupled to the first and second electrode is a device for detecting electron transfer along the CNT-based conductors resulting from light impinging on the CNT-based conductors.