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US 5,629,665 AGranted
Conducting-polymer bolometer
OwnerJames Kaufmann, Mary G. Moss +2inventors
InventorsJames Kaufmann, Mary G. Moss, Ryan E. Giedd, Terry L. Brewer
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Abstract
The invention is an apparatus and method for making a polymer bolometer. The apparatus consists of a current supply and current receiving paths affixed to a substrate. Bridging the current supply paths and current receiving paths is an electrically conductive polymer. The polymer bolometer may be fabricated using conventional photolithographic techniques.
Claims7
A bolometer comprising:
- (a) an electrically non-conductive substrate;
- (b) means for supplying an electric current affixed to the substrate;
- (c) means for receiving an electric current affixed to the substrate and electrically isolated from the supply means;
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- (d) an electrically conductive polymer single layer sensor bridging over said substrate with a first end electrically connected to said supply means and a second end electrically and physically connected to said receiving means, while otherwise avoiding contact with the substrate.
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A bolometer comprising:
- (a) a glass substrate;
- (b) a gold current supply pathway coated onto the substrate;
- (c) a gold current receiving pathway coated onto the substrate and electrically isolated from the supply pathway;
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- (d) an electrically conductive ion implanted polymer layer bridging over said substrate with the first end electrically and physically connected to the supply pathway and a second end electrically and physically connected to the receiving pathway said layer otherwise avoiding contact with the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.