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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Dan Corcos, Nesher, IL;
Michel Despont, Au, CH;
Danny Elad, Moshav Liman, IL;
Bernd Gotsmann, Horgen, CH;
Lukas Kull, Zurich, CH;
Thomas E. Morf, Gross, CH;
Dan Corcos, Nesher, IL;
Michel Despont, Au, CH;
Danny Elad, Moshav Liman, IL;
Bernd Gotsmann, Horgen, CH;
Lukas Kull, Zurich, CH;
Thomas E. Morf, Gross, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A THz radiation detector comprising a vertical antenna separated from a suspended platform by an isolating thermal air gap for concentrating THz radiation energy into a smaller suspended MEMS platform upon which a thermal sensor element is located. THz photon energy is converted into electrical energy via a thermally isolated air gap between plates of a coupling capacitor separated by a plurality of nano-tip spacers that determine the gap distance. The capacitor couples energy from the antenna to the thermal sensor.