Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Millimeter wave imager device using pyroelectric effect
- Patent Title (中): 毫米波成像仪采用热电效应
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Application No.: US286736Application Date: 1994-08-05
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Publication No.: US5530247APublication Date: 1996-06-25
- Inventor: George W. McIver , Samatkumar R. Sashital
- Applicant: George W. McIver , Samatkumar R. Sashital
- Applicant Address: CA Redondo Beach
- Assignee: TRW Inc.
- Current Assignee: TRW Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Redondo Beach
- Main IPC: G01J1/02
- IPC: G01J1/02 ; B60W30/00 ; G01J1/42 ; G01S7/03 ; G08G5/02 ; H01L27/14 ; H01L27/16 ; H01L37/02 ; H04N5/33 ; G01J5/10
Abstract:
A passive millimeter-wave imaging system configured as an integrated circuit. The imaging system incorporates a lens which focuses radiation from a scene onto a detector in the focal plane of the lens. The detector includes an outer array of ferroelectric elements in which each element includes a top metal film and a ferroelectric layer. Millimeter-wave radiation from the beam causes charge build-up in the ferroelectric layers. The charge build-up is sensed by appropriate amplification and signal processing circuitry associated with the read-out electronics so as to provide a signal indicative of obstacles in the scene to a video system. The ferroelectric layer can also be used as an antenna for each pixel element.
Public/Granted literature
- US4391824A Ureylenebis (hydroxy naphthalenesulfonic acids) Public/Granted day:1983-07-05
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