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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Applicant:
James Anton Harder, Bedford, TX (US);
Inventor:
James Anton Harder, Bedford, TX (US);
Assignee:
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This disclosure describes a temperature controlled photodetector. The disclosed detector can reach a temperature at which responsivity is maximized within a short time and with little wasted power. Furthermore, the photodetector prevents thermal gradients from developing across the detector so that the whole detector region has equivalent responsivity.