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Pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1980-01-03
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Granted: 1983-01-04
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Expires: 2000-01-03
Abstract
Abstract A pyroelectric pellet made of a Z cut plane of lithium tantalate, for example, is fixed onto an electrically conductive supporting base made of copper, for example, by means of an adhesive agent layer. One embodiment of the adhesive agent layer interposed between the pyroelectric pellet and the electrically conductive supporting base comprises a mixture of an electrically conductive adhesive agent, such as a silver paste, admixed with heat insulating grains made of glass, ceramic, or the like, whereby thermal dissipation from the pyroelectric pellet to the electrically conductive supporting base is decreased. Another embodiment of the adhesive agent layer comprises an electrically conductive adhesive agent layer in which is embedded a thin sheet made of synthetic resin having apertures. The electrically conductive adhesive agent extends through the apertures of the sheet so as to fix the pyroelectric pellet to the electrically conductive supporting base.
Inventors
- 👤 Terutoyo Imai
- 👤 Shoichi Nakano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 14:10
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J5/00; G01J5/10; G01J5/34; H; H10; H10N; H10N15/00; H10N15/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/4913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 65
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising: a pyroelectric pellet polarized to generate an electric charge as a function of a variation of an incidental infrared radiation, an electrically conductive base supporting said pyroelectric pellet, said electrically conductive base constituting means for withdrawing said electric charge, and an adhesive agent layer interposed between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base for fastening them together, said adhesive agent layer comprising a heat insulating portion for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric pellet to said electrically conductive base and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion in a mixed manner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising: a pyroelectric pellet polarized to generate an electric charge as a function of a variation of an incidental infrared radiation, an electrically conductive base supporting said pyroelectric pellet, said electrically conductive base constituting means for withdrawing said electric charge, and an adhesive agent layer interposed between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base for fastening them together, said adhesive agent layer comprising a heat insulating portion for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric pellet to said electrically conductive base and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion in a mixed manner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, which further comprises an electrode formed on the whole surface of the main surface of said adhesive agent layer of said pyroelectric pellet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claims 1 or 2, wherein said pyroelectric pellet is made of a member selected from the group consisting of a crystal of lithium tantalate, a crystal of lithium niobate, sinter of lead zirconate titanate, a crystal of triglycine sulfate, and a crystal of barium strontium niobate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said electrically conductive base is made of metal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 4, wherein said metal is any one of copper, copper alloy, iron, iron alloy, aluminum and aluminum alloy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pyroelectric pellet is made of a crystal of lithium tantalate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 6, wherein said pyroelectric pellet is formed of a Z cut plane of a crystal of lithium tantalate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 6 or 7, wherein said electrically condutive base is made of copper.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pyroelectric pellet is 10 to 120 μm thick.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pyroelectric pellet is 10 to 60 μm thick.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said adhesive agent layer is formed substantially on the whole surface between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 11, wherein said adhesive agent layer comprises a thin sheet of a low thermal conductivity material with a notch portion, said electrically conductive adhesive agent extending through said notch portion to electrically connect said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 12, wherein said sheet comprises a film of an electrically insulating material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 11 or 12, wherein said notch portion comprises an aperture.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 1, which further comprises electric charge withdrawing means for withdrawing an electric charge generated in said pyroelectric pellet.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 15, wherein said electric charge withdrawing means comprises an electrode formed on the surface of said pyroelectric pellet fastened to said electrically conductive base.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
73 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 16, which further comprises a mount base for supporting a composite including said pyroelectric pellet integrally fastened onto said electrically conductive base by means of said adhesive agent layer, said mount base being formed of an electrically conductive portion on the surface thereof, said electrically conductive base being electrically connected and mechanically fixed to said electrically conductive portion of said mount base.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
67 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 16, which further comprises mount base for placing the composite integrally including said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base fastened to each other, said mount base being made of an electrically conductive material, said electrically conductive base being electrically connected and mechanically fixed to said mount base by means of an electrically conductive adhesive agent.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
128 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising: a pyroelectric pellet polarized to generate an electric charge as a function of a variation of an incidental infrared radiation, an electrically conductive base supporting said pyroelectric pellet, said electrically conductive base constituting means for withdrawing said electric charge, and an adhesive agent layer interposed between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base for fastening them together, said adhesive agent layer being formed substantially on the whole surface between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base, said adhesive layer including a heat insulating portion in the form of heat insulating grains for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric pellet to said electrically conductive base, and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion in which the insulating grains are mixed.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
128 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising: a pyroelectric pellet polarized to generate an electric charge as a function of a variation of an incidental infrared radiation, an electrically conductive base supporting said pyroelectric pellet, said electrically conductive base constituting means for withdrawing said electric charge, and an adhesive agent layer interposed between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base for fastening them together, said adhesive agent layer being formed substantially on the whole surface between said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base, said adhesive layer including a heat insulating portion in the form of heat insulating grains for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric pellet to said electrically conductive base, and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion in which the insulating grains are mixed.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 19 wherein said heat insulating grains are selected to be of a diameter of 10 to 80 μm.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 20, wherein said heat insulating grains are mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent at a weight ratio of 1/2 to 1/100.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 20, wherein said heat insulating grains are mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent at a weight ratio of 1/5 to 3/100.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 20, wherein said heat insulating grains are mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent at a weight ratio of 1/10 to 1/20.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
26 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 20, wherein said heat insulating grains each have electrically-conductive film formed on the surface thereof.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 20, wherein said heat insulating grains are selected to be of a diameter of 10 to 80 μm.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 25, wherein said heat insulating grains are mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent at a weight ratio of 1/2 to 1/100.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 25, wherein said heat insulating grains are mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent at a weight ratio of 1/5 to 3/100.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 25, wherein said heat insulating grains are mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent at a weight ratio of 1/10 to 1/20.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with any one of claims 25 to 28 or 20 to 23, wherein said heat insulating grains are glass balls.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
18 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 29, wherein said glass balls are hollow.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
18 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 29, wherein said glass balls are solid.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with any one of claims 25 to 28 or 20 to 23, wherein said heat insulating grains are ceramic grains.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
32 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 20, wherein said heat insulating grains are made of a member selected from the group consisting of zirconia, alumina and magnesia.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
32 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with any one of claims 20, which further comprises electric charge withdrawing means for withdrawing an electric charge generated in said pyroelectric pellet.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
35 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 34, wherein said electric charge withdrawing means comprises an electrode formed on the surface of said pyroelectric pellet fastened to said electrically conductive base.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
73 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 35, which further comprises a mount base for supporting a composite including said pyroelectric pellet integrally fastened onto said electrically conductive base by means of said adhesive agent layer, said mount base being formed of an electrically conductive portion on the surface thereof, said electrically conductive base being electrically connected and mechanically fixed to said electrically conductive portion of said mount base.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
68 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 35, which further comprises a mount base for placing a composite integrally including said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base fastened to each other, said mount base being made of an electrically conductive material, said electrically conductive base being electrically connected and mechanically fixed to said mount base by means of an electrically conductive adhesive agent.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
37 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with any one of 1 or 20, wherein the thermal expansion coefficients of said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base are selected to be substantially the same.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
37 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with any one of 1 or 20, wherein the thermal expansion coefficients of said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base are selected to be substantially the same.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for manufacturing a pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising the steps of preparing a polarized pyroelectric wafer, p1 preparing an electrically conductive supporting base for supporting said pyroelectric wafer, fastening said pyroelectric wafer onto said electrically conductive base by means of an adhesive agent layer including a mixture of a heat insulating portion for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric wafer to said electrically conductive base and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion, thereby to provide a composite, and dicing said composite, including said wafer integrally fastened to said electrically conductive base by means of said adhesive agent layer, thereby to provide said chip.
Claim 43
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for manufacturing a pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising the steps of preparing a polarized pyroelectric wafer, p1 preparing an electrically conductive supporting base for supporting said pyroelectric wafer, fastening said pyroelectric wafer onto said electrically conductive base by means of an adhesive agent layer including a mixture of a heat insulating portion for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric wafer to said electrically conductive base and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion, thereby to provide a composite, and dicing said composite, including said wafer integrally fastened to said electrically conductive base by means of said adhesive agent layer, thereby to provide said chip.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
49 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 39, wherein said pyroelectric wafer is made of a member selected from the group consisting of a crystal of lithium tantalate, a crystal of lithuim niobate, sinter of lead zirconate tatanate, a crystal of trigrycine sulfate, and a crystal of barrium niobate.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
37 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 39 or 40, which comprises the step of lapping, prior to said dicing step, said pyroelectric wafer as fixed to said electrically conductive base for making thin said pyroelectric wafer.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
41 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 41, wherein said pyroelectric wafer as prepared and as fixed to said electrically conductive base is thicker than 100 μm, and said pyroelectric wafer is made thinner than 100 μm by said lapping step.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
29 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with any one of claim 39, wherein said electrically conductive base is made of copper, copper alloy, iron, iron alloy, aluminum or aluminum alloy.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
113 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with any one of claim 39, wherein said adhesive agent layer comprises a sheet of a low thermal conductivity material having a notch portion, serving as said heat insulating portion, and an electrically conductive adhesive agent, said fastening step comprises the steps of preparing said sheet of a low thermal conductivity material, preparing said electrically conductive adhesive agent, placing said sheet having a low thermal conductivity on the surface of said electrically conductive base, and electrically connecting and mechanically fixing said pyroelectric wafer onto said electrically conductive base by the use of said electrically conductive adhesive agent so that it extends through said notch portion of said sheet.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
22 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 44, wherein said sheet of a low thermal conductivity is a film of insulative material.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
102 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 39, wherein said adhesive agent layer comprises an electrically conductive adhesive agent and heat insulating grains mixed in said electrically conductive adhesive agent, and said fastening steps comprises the step of preparing said heat insulating grains, preparing said electrically conductive adhesive agent, mixing said heat insulating grains in said electrically conductive adhesive agent, forming a layer of said electrically conductive adhesive agent admixed with said heat insulating grains on the surface of said electrically conductive base, and fastening said pyroelectric wafer onto said electrically conductive base by means of said adhesive agent layer formed thereon.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
16 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 46, wherein said heat insulating grains are glass balls.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
14 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 47, wherein said glass balls are hollow.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
14 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 47, wherein said glass balls are solid.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
16 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 46, wherein said heat insulating grains are ceramic grains.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
27 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 50, wherein said ceramic grains are made of a member selected from the group consisting of zirconia, alumina and magnetia.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
35 words
A manufacturing method in accordance with claim 46, wherein said step of preparing said heat insulating grains comprises the step of forming an electrically conductive film on the surface of each of said prepared grains.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
76 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising a chip produced by preparing a pyroelectric wafer and an electrically conductive base, fixing said pyroelectric wafer onto said electrically conductive base by means of an adhesive agent layer including a mixture of a heat insulating portion for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric wafer to said electrically conductive base and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion, thereby to provide a composite, and dicing the composite thus obtained.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
76 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device, comprising a chip produced by preparing a pyroelectric wafer and an electrically conductive base, fixing said pyroelectric wafer onto said electrically conductive base by means of an adhesive agent layer including a mixture of a heat insulating portion for preventing thermal conduction from said pyroelectric wafer to said electrically conductive base and an electrically conductive adhesive agent portion, thereby to provide a composite, and dicing the composite thus obtained.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
53 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 53, wherein said adhesive agent layer comprises a thin sheet of a low thermal conductivity material and having a notch portion, said electrically conductive adhesive agent extending through said notch portion to electrically connect said pyroelectric pellet and said electrically conductive base.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
23 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 54, wherein said sheet comprises a film of an electrically insulating material.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
30 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 53, wherein said adhesive agent layer comprises a mixture of said electrically conductive adhesive agent and heat insulating grains.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
20 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 56, wherein said heat insulating grains are glass balls.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
18 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 57, wherein said glass balls are hollow.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
20 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 56, wherein said heat insulating grains are ceramic grains.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
32 words
A pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device in accordance with claim 59, wherein said heat insulating grains are made of a member selected from the group consisting of zirconia, alumina and magnesia.
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