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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Institut National D'optique, Québec, CA;
Bruno Tremblay, Lévis, CA;
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The infrared scene projector has a support structure having an airtight chamber; an image projector secured to the support structure; a conversion chip having a substrate secured to the support structure, and an array of conversion units received on a face of the substrate, the array of conversion units being enclosed inside the airtight chamber and being optically coupled to the image projector, each one of the conversion units having at least one supporting post secured to the face of the substrate and a suspended platform held spaced apart from the face of the substrate by the at least one supporting post, the conversion chip being adapted to convert at least one of visible and near-infrared light received from the image projector into infrared radiation; and an infrared beam path extending away from the array of conversion units.