Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – Infrared responsive
Patent
1992-11-04
1994-05-10
Hannaher, Constantine
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
Infrared responsive
25037001, 25037014, 257 25, 257 31, H01L 3922, H01L 3100
Patent
active
053110200
ABSTRACT:
A monolithically-integrated semiconductor/ superconductor infrared detector and readout circuit providing sensitive, low-noise detection of infrared radiation for high-performance focal plane array applications. The infrared detector and readout circuit includes a semiconductor infrared detector and a semiconductor/superconductor transimpedance readout amplifier fabricated directly on the infrared detector using thin-film, integrated-circuit processing techniques. A superconducting analog-to-digital (A/D) converter digitizes the detector signals in the cryogenically cooled environment of the detector before coupling the signals to the much warmer and electromagnetically noisier environment of the back-end signal processing electronics, thus reducing noise contamination.
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Chan Hugo W.
Dalrymple Bruce J.
Dines Eugene L.
Ou Szutsun S.
Silver Arnold H.
Glick Edward J.
Goldstein Sol L.
Hannaher Constantine
TRW Inc.
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