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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2014
Applicant:

The University of Warwick, Warwickshire, GB;

Inventors:

David Gunnarsson, Espoo, FI;

Evan Parker, Warwickshire, GB;

Martin Prest, Warwickshire, GB;

Mika Prunnila, Espoo, FI;

Terence Whall, Warwickshire, GB;

Assignee:

The University of Warwick, Warwickshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01); H01L 39/22 (2006.01); H01L 39/24 (2006.01); G01J 5/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/09 (2006.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/046 (2013.01); G01J 5/024 (2013.01); G01J 5/20 (2013.01); H01L 31/09 (2013.01); H01L 39/22 (2013.01); H01L 39/24 (2013.01); G01J 2005/106 (2013.01); G01J 2005/208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bolometer is described. A bolometer includes a superconductor-insulator-semiconductor-superconductor structure or a superconductor-insulator-semiconductor-insulator-superconductor structure. The semiconductor comprises an electron gas in a layer of silicon, germanium or silicon-germanium alloy in which valley degeneracy is at least partially lifted. The insulator or a one or both of the insulators may comprise a layer of dielectric material. The insulator or a one or both of the insulators may comprise a layer of non-degenerately doped semiconductor.


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