US5627082A
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High thermal resistance backfill material for hybrid UFPA's
Assignee: Texas Instruments Inc
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Filing: 1995-03-29
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Granted: 1997-05-06
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Expires: 2015-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A porous film 64 is used to thermally insulate sensing integrated circuitry 44 from pixels 34 of an uncooled IR detector hybrid system 30. The porous film 64 is preferably a silicon-dioxide xerogel. A protective film 65 may be deposited on the porous film 64.
Inventors
- 👤 Howard R. Beratan
- 👤 Chih-Chen Cho
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:15
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J5/00; G01J5/10; G01J5/20; G01J5/34; H; H10; H10F; H10F39/00; H10F39/011; H10F39/018; H10F39/10; H10F39/12; H10F39/18; H10F39/184; H10F39/1843; H10F39/80; H10F39/803; H10F39/805; H10F39/8057; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/45; H10W20/48
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A method for fabricating a hybrid thermal detector structure, comprising the steps of: providing integrated circuitry; depositing a precursor film on said integrated circuitry; gelling said precursor film to form a porous film; patterning said porous film to form holes in said porous film; filling said holes with metal to form plugs, said plugs in electrical contact with said integrated circuitry; forming arms on said porous film in contact with said plugs and forming contact pads on said porous film in contact with said arms to leave portions of said porous film exposed; providing an infrared sensing array comprising at least three thermally sensitive pixels, electrical contacts abutting a first side of said pixels, and an optical coating in contact with a second side of said pixels; and coupling said contact pads to said electrical contacts of said infrared sensing array.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
141 words
A method for fabricating a hybrid thermal detector structure, comprising the steps of: providing integrated circuitry; depositing a precursor film on said integrated circuitry; gelling said precursor film to form a porous film; patterning said porous film to form holes in said porous film; filling said holes with metal to form plugs, said plugs in electrical contact with said integrated circuitry; forming arms on said porous film in contact with said plugs and forming contact pads on said porous film in contact with said arms to leave portions of said porous film exposed; providing an infrared sensing array comprising at least three thermally sensitive pixels, electrical contacts abutting a first side of said pixels, and an optical coating in contact with a second side of said pixels; and coupling said contact pads to said electrical contacts of said infrared sensing array.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said porous film is a xerogel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said xerogel comprises silicon dioxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said porous film is an aerogel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said aerogel comprises silicon dioxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of depositing a protective film on said porous film, after said gelling step, wherein said forming arms and forming contacts pads steps are performed on said protective film and said filling holes step is performed on said porous film and said protective film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of removing said exposed portions of said porous film.
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