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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Richard E. Bornfreund, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard E. Bornfreund, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Flir Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a dual-band focal plane array includes a readout circuit (ROIC), and a plurality of electro-optical (EO) polymer pixels for absorbing visible and/or short wave infrared (SWIR) radiation, each of the EO polymer pixels electrically coupled to the ROIC. The detector further includes a plurality of microbolometers for detecting long wave infrared (LWIR) radiation, each microbolometer electrically coupled to the ROIC via contact legs disposed between adjacent microbolometers and between adjacent EO polymer pixels. A method of fabricating a focal plane array is also provided.