Radiation detector with extended dynamic range
US7705309B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J5/0896
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mechanical-optical transducer comprises a readout illumination source providing light having different wavelengths or different polarization states; an image sensor array for sensing the light from the readout illumination source; and a mechanical-optical device including sensing pixels whose optical property change in response to incident thermal infrared radiation, the mechanical-optical device having a reflective surface disposed to selectively reflect light from the readout illumination source to the image sensor array.
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