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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Deborah J. Kirby, Calabasas, CA (US);

David T. Chang, Calabasas, CA (US);

Terence J. DE Lyon, Newbury Park, CA (US);

James H. Schaffner, Chatsworth, CA (US);

Metin S. Mangir, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Jeffery J. Puschell, Solvang, CA (US);

Jar Jueh Lee, Irvine, CA (US);

Michael Gritz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Deborah J. Kirby, Calabasas, CA (US);

David T. Chang, Calabasas, CA (US);

Terence J. De Lyon, Newbury Park, CA (US);

James H. Schaffner, Chatsworth, CA (US);

Metin S. Mangir, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Jeffery J. Puschell, Solvang, CA (US);

Jar Jueh Lee, Irvine, CA (US);

Michael Gritz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Raytehon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A conformal coherent wideband antenna coupled IR detector array included a plurality of unit cells each having a dimension that includes an antenna for focusing radiation onto an absorber element sized less than the dimension. In one embodiment, the absorber element may be formed of a mercury cadmium telluride alloy. According to a further embodiment, the antenna array may be fabricated using sub-wavelength fabrication processes.


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