Patents by Inventor Carey L. Cates

Carey L. Cates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Nanotube based polarimetric electromagnetic sensor and focal plane array
    Patent number: 8269169
    Abstract: A polarimetric sensor includes a substrate and a plurality of aligned nanotube film patches arranged on the substrate. Each of the plurality of aligned nanotube film patches is oriented on the substrate to sense a different orientational component of electromagnetic radiation. For each of the plurality of aligned nanotube film patches, at least two contacts are arranged in electrical communication with the respective aligned nanotube film patch. The at least two electrodes are configured to conduct to an external circuit an electric signal generated in the respective aligned nanotube film patch when exposed to a respective orientational component of electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Sinton, Carey L. Cates