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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Bah Holdings Llc, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Michael Tkachuk, South Setauket, NY (US);
Sergey Suchalkin, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Bah Holdings, LLC, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Abstract
Optopair for use in sensors and analyzers of gases such as methane, and a fabrication method therefor is disclosed. It comprises: a) an LED, either cascaded or not, having at least one radiation emitting area, whose spectral maximum is de-tuned from the maximum absorption spectrum line of the gas absorption spectral band; and b) a Photodetector, whose responsivity spectral maximum can be either de-tuned from, or alternatively completely correspond to the maximum absorption spectrum line of the absorption spectral band of the gas. Modeling the LED emission and Photodetector responsivity spectra and minimizing the temperature sensitivity of the optopair based on the technical requirements of the optopair signal registration circuitry, once the spectral characteristics of the LED and Photodetector materials and the temperature dependencies of said spectral characteristics are determined, provides the LED de-tuned emission and Photodetector responsivity target peaks respectively.