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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2009
Casey T. Streuber, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kent P. Pflibsen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Casey T. Streuber, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kent P. Pflibsen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A radiation detector includes material for absorbing incident radiation, and for providing a response to heating caused by the absorption of photons from the incident radiation. The radiation detector may include multiple pixels, each with one or more layers of absorbing material. The absorbing material may include black (microstructured) silicon, which has the advantage of being a good absorber of radiation in the short wave infrared (SWIR) wavelengths (as well as ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths and visible light wavelengths). The radiation detector may include multiple pixels, each separately responding to radiation incident on that pixel, and each including black silicon (as well as possibly other absorptive materials). The pixels of the detector may each have cantilevered attachment to a frame of the detector, with differences in coefficient of thermal expansion of materials of the pixels causing deflection of parts of the pixels due to heating from absorption of radiation.