The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Westfield, NJ (US);
Cristian A. Bolle, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Christopher D. W. Jones, Millington, NJ (US);
Flavio Pardo, New Providence, NJ (US);
Roland Ryf, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Maria Elina Simon, New Providence, NJ (US);
Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Westfield, NJ (US);
Cristian A. Bolle, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Christopher D. W. Jones, Millington, NJ (US);
Flavio Pardo, New Providence, NJ (US);
Roland Ryf, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Maria Elina Simon, New Providence, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A representative embodiment of the invention provides an infrared (IR) detector having a movable plate supported at an offset distance from a substrate by a suspension arm. In response to a temperature difference between the plate and the substrate generated by the incident IR radiation, the suspension arm deforms and changes the offset distance for the plate. In one embodiment, the suspension arm has three rod-shaped bimorph transducers that lie within a plane that is parallel to the substrate. The transducers are also parallel to one another, with the transducer that is attached to an anchor of the suspension arm being located between the two transducers that are attached to the plate.