US 7,491,938 B2
Multi-spectral uncooled microbolometer detectors
Jeannie Geneczko, Carlisle, Mass. (US); Richard Blackwell, Andover, Mass. (US); and Margaret Kohin, Acton, Mass. (US)
Assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, N.H. (US)
Appl. No. 10/589,525
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2005, PCT No. PCT/US2005/009526
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 15, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/094460, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/555469, filed on Mar. 23, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0176104 A1, Aug. 02, 2007
Int. Cl. G01J 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 250—339.02 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-band infrared imaging device, comprising:
in a single microbridge level, an uncooled microbolometer focal plane array comprising at least plurality of pixels, each of said pixels farther comprising at least one structure layer, a detector layer and a medium wave absorber layer, and wherein each said pixel simultaneously detects at least two IR bands.