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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2009
Eric A. Kurth, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick Franklin, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Eric A. Kurth, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick Franklin, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are directed to contacts for an infrared detector. For example, an infrared imaging device includes a substrate having a first metal layer and an infrared detector array coupled to the substrate via a plurality of contacts. Each contact includes for an embodiment a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer; a third metal layer formed on the second metal layer, wherein the third metal layer at least partially fills an inner portion of the contact; and a first passivation layer formed on the third metal layer.