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Apparatus for large area infrared focal plane

  • US 5,198,671 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1991
  • Issued: 03/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for housing a focal plane array, the apparatus comprising:

  • a tubular metal stem having a first end and a second end;

    a hollow conical metal housing having a narrow end and a wide end, wherein said housing has a first opening through said narrow end, and a second opening through said wide end, wherein said first end of said stem is brazed into said first housing opening;

    an interconnection assembly comprising a ceramic ring structure rigidly sealed onto said wide end of said housing, said interconnection assembly including internal electrical pins within the circumference of said housing wide end, external electrical pins outside the circumference of said housing wide end, and embedded electrical connections, each of said embedded electrical connections connecting one of said internal pins and a corresponding one of said external pins.,a ceramic cold plate sealed over said second end of said tubular metal stem;

    a mounting ring rigidly sealed to said ceramic ring structure; and

    a metal cap having a window through its closed end, and having its open end rigidly sealed onto said mounting ring.

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