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Nano-antenna for wideband coherent conformal IR detector arrays

US8053734B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

Deborah J. Kirby · Calabasas, US
David T. Chang · Calabasas, US
Terence J. De Lyon · Newbury Park, US
James H. Schaffner · Calabasas, US
Metin S. Mangir · Santa Monica, US
Jeffery J. Puschell · Solvang, US
Jar Jueh Lee · Irvine, US
Michael A. Gritz · Lompoc, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2009
Grant date	Nov 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10F30/2212
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A conformal coherent wideband antenna coupled IR detector array included a plurality of unit cells each having a dimension that includes an antenna for focusing radiation onto an absorber element sized less than the dimension. In one embodiment, the absorber element may be formed of a mercury cadmium telluride alloy. According to a further embodiment, the antenna array may be fabricated using sub-wavelength fabrication processes.

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