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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Roland A. Wood, Bloomington, MN (US);
James A. Cox, New Brighton, MN (US);
Robert E. Higashi, Shorewood, MN (US);
Fouad A. Nusseibeh, Champlin, MN (US);
Roland A. Wood, Bloomington, MN (US);
James A. Cox, New Brighton, MN (US);
Robert E. Higashi, Shorewood, MN (US);
Fouad A. Nusseibeh, Champlin, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A radiation sensor that can operate in the THz regime comprising: a micro antenna, which may comprise a two-dimensional patterned thin-film metallizations on a thin dielectric pellicle fabricated by micro machining of a silicon wafer; a thermally isolated microstructure; a coupling mechanism for coupling the energy from the micro antenna to the microstructure, the coupling mechanism providing high thermal isolation between the micro antenna and the microstructure; a temperature signal detector on the microstructure; and signal processing electronics for receiving the temperature signal and processing it into useful data.