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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Applicants:
David R. Rhiger, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Bernard Harris, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
David R. Rhiger, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Bernard Harris, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A neutron detector system including a neutron sensitive reaction layer may be configured to react with incident neutrons to form energetic particles. An energetic particle capturing layer may be configured to capture energetic particles emitted from the neutron sensitive reaction layer and convert the kinetic energy of the captured energetic particles to heat. A microbolometer sensing element responsive to the heat may be configured to detect the incident neutrons.