Thermal detector
AssigneePlessey Overseas Limited
InventorsDavid J. Pedder, Paul Watson, Richard A. C. Bache
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Abstract
A thermal detector of the type comprising an array of discrete detector elements each of which is supported by a common supportive layer, each of which is provided in thermal contact with a corresponding collector of radiation absorbent material, the area of each collector being larger than the area of the corresponding detector element, characterized in that contact between each collector and the supportive layer is restricted to an area lying substantially within and displaced from the edge periphery of said collector.
Claims6
A thermal detector comprising an array of discrete detector elements, a layer of polymer support film one side of which provides a support for the elements of said array, a collector in thermal contact with each respective detector element, the said collectors being of radiation absorbent material and the surface area of each collector being greater than that of the corresponding detector element, in which the contact between each collector and the polymer layer lies substantially within and is displaced from the edge periphery of said collector.
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