Infrared image detector utilizing Schottky barrier junctions
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1. An infrared image detector comprising:
- (a) an infrared light transparent substrate;
(b) a plurality of optically responsive materials deposited in a non-contiguous plane on one side of said substrate; and
(c) at least one contiguous metal semiconductor contact deposited on said one side of said substrate and on a portion of said plurality of optically responsive materials wherein an infrared detector element is formed wherever said metal contact crosses one of said plurality of optically responsive materials and wherein said metal contact is a single ohmic connection point for each of said formed detector elements and each of said plurality of optically responsive materials crossed by said contiguous metal contact is a non-ohmic, Schottky barrier connection point.
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Abstract
An infrared image detector array is constructed by depositing a plurality non-contiguous strips of infrared radiation responsive, semiconductor material on one side of a base substrate. A contiguous metal semiconductor contact in then overlaid on the plurality of strips thereby forming an individual Schottky barrier detector element wherever the metal contact crosses one of the plurality of strips.
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1. An infrared image detector comprising:
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(a) an infrared light transparent substrate; (b) a plurality of optically responsive materials deposited in a non-contiguous plane on one side of said substrate; and (c) at least one contiguous metal semiconductor contact deposited on said one side of said substrate and on a portion of said plurality of optically responsive materials wherein an infrared detector element is formed wherever said metal contact crosses one of said plurality of optically responsive materials and wherein said metal contact is a single ohmic connection point for each of said formed detector elements and each of said plurality of optically responsive materials crossed by said contiguous metal contact is a non-ohmic, Schottky barrier connection point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An infrared image detector comprising:
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(a) an infrared light transparent substrate; (b) a plurality of non-contiguous strips of semiconductor materials deposited on one side of said substrate wherein said strips are optically responsive to infrared radiation; (c) at least one contiguous metal semiconductor contact deposited on said one side of said substrate and on a portion of at least one of said strips wherein an infrared detector element is formed wherever said metal contact crosses one of said strips and wherein said metal contact is a single ohmic connection point for each of said formed detector elements and each of said strips crossed by said metal contact is a non-ohmic, Schottky barrier connection point. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A multicolored infrared image detector comprising:
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(a) an infrared light transparent substrate; (b) a plurality of optically responsive materials of differing composition deposited in a non-contiguous plane on one side of said substrate whereby the detector is responsive to distinct wavelengths correlated with each of said plurality of optically responsive materials deposited on said substrate; and (c) at least one contiguous metal semiconductor contact deposited on said substrate and on a portion of said plurality of optically responsive materials wherein an infrared detector element is formed wherever said metal contact crosses one of said plurality of optically responsive materials and wherein said metal contact is a single ohmic connection point for each of said formed detector elements and each of said plurality of optically responsive materials crossed by said contiguous metal contact is a non-ohmic, Schottky barrier connection point.
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