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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Jonathan Gorrell, Gainesville, FL (US);
Mark Davidson, Florahome, FL (US);
Jean Tokarz, Hawthorne, FL (US);
Lev Gasparov, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jonathan Gorrell, Gainesville, FL (US);
Mark Davidson, Florahome, FL (US);
Jean Tokarz, Hawthorne, FL (US);
Lev Gasparov, Gainesville, FL (US);
Virgin Islands Microsystems, Inc., St. Thomas, VI (US);
Abstract
A device includes an integrated circuit (IC) and at least one ultra-small resonant structure and a detection mechanism are formed on said IC. At least the ultra-small resonant structure portion of the device is vacuum packaged. The ultra-small resonant structure includes a plasmon detector having a transmission line. The detector mechanism includes a generator mechanism constructed and adapted to generate a beam of charged particles along a path adjacent to the transmission line; and a detector microcircuit disposed along said path, at a location after said beam has gone past said line, wherein the generator mechanism and the detector microcircuit are disposed adjacent transmission line and wherein a beam of charged particles from the generator mechanism to the detector microcircuit electrically couples a plasmon wave traveling along the metal transmission line to the microcircuit. The detector mechanism may be electrically connected to the underlying IC.