Radiant energy – Infrared-to-visible imaging – Including detector array
Reexamination Certificate
2008-02-19
2009-08-25
Porta, David P (Department: 2884)
Radiant energy
Infrared-to-visible imaging
Including detector array
C250S208100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07579594
ABSTRACT:
An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels contains a plurality of interdigitated sub-detectors, where the sub-detectors are selectively operable to provide for collection of photogenerated minority charges representative of all or substantially all of the IR radiation absorbed by the detector array chip of the FPA imager.
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D'Souza Arvind I
Dawson Larry C
Molyneux Dale E
Stapelbroek Maryn G
DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Inc.
Lee Shun
Porta David P
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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