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US 9,429,475 B2Granted
Thermal radiation sensor and thermal image capturing device including same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyungue Hong, Sunghyun Nam, Sookyoung Roh, Haeseok Park, Seokho Yun
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Abstract
A thermal radiation sensor may include a thermal absorption layer, an optical resonator surrounding the thermal absorption layer, and a plasmonic absorber provided on the thermal absorption layer, and thus, the thermal radiation sensor may have high sensitivity and may be miniaturized.
Claims19
A thermal radiation sensor comprising:
- a post;
- a thermal absorption layer disposed on the post;
- an optical resonator around the thermal absorption layer;
- a plasmonic absorber disposed on the thermal absorption layer;
- and
- a waveguide coupler disposed separately from the optical resonator.
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A thermal image capturing device comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a thermal radiation sensor array having a plurality of thermal radiation sensors arranged on the substrate, each of the thermal radiation sensors including,
- a post;
- a thermal absorption layer disposed on the post;
- an optical resonator around the thermal absorption layer;
- a plasmonic absorber disposed on the thermal absorption layer;
- and
- a waveguide coupler disposed separately from the optical resonator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.