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Thermal IR detector electrode configuration

US5095215A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 1990
Grant dateMar 10, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J5/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dielectric bolometer thermal detector of infra-red radiation comprises a layer of dielectric bolometer material, a thermally insulating layer therebelow, a pair of electrodes located on one and the same side of said layer of dielectric bolometer material, a source of bias voltage for providing a bias voltage to said electrode so as to provide a bias field in said layer of bolometer material and a pair of read out contacts respectively connected to said electrodes. A signal which appears between said contacts in response to the application of radiation to said layer of dielectric bolometer material constitutes an output of the detector.

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