Patents by Inventor Fank Ansorge

Fank Ansorge 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).

  • Focal surface and detector for opto-electronic imaging systems, manufacturing method and opto-electronic imaging system
    Patent number: 6849843
    Abstract: The focal surface for an opto-electronic imaging system includes an arrangement of detectors for image recording and a detector carrier or a FPA carrier for holding the detectors. The detectors are each made of at least one solid state element that is bonded to a flexible carrier substrate. The focal surface, or the detectors, respectively, exhibits a curvature, such that a curved field of view can be recorded. In a method for manufacturing a focal surface for opto-electronic imaging systems, at least one solid state element is bonded to a flexible carrier substrate to form flexible detectors, whereby a detector carrier provides a curvature and the flexible detectors are adapted to the curvature of the detector carrier. To manufacture a detector according to the present invention, a solid state element is thinned and bonded to a flexible carrier substrate, such that it is formed in a flexible manner and can be adapted to a curvature of a field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Fank Ansorge, Siegfried Craubner, Michael Feil, Willi Platz, Helmut Riedel
  • Focal surface and detector for opto-electronic imaging systems, manufacturing method and opto-electronic imaging system
    Publication number: 20010020671
    Abstract: The focal surface for an opto-electronic imaging system includes an arrangement of detectors for image recording and a detector carrier or a FPA carrier for holding the detectors. The detectors are each made of at least one solid state element that is bonded to a flexible carrier substrate. The focal surface, or the detectors, respectively, exhibits a curvature, such that a curved field of view can be recorded. In a method for manufacturing a focal surface for opto-electronic imaging systems, at least one solid state element is bonded to a flexible carrier substrate to form flexible detectors, whereby a detector carrier provides a curvature and the flexible detectors are adapted to the curvature of the detector carrier. To manufacture a detector according to the present invention, a solid state element is thinned and bonded to a flexible carrier substrate, such that it is formed in a flexible manner and can be adapted to a curvature of a field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Fank Ansorge, Siegfried Craubner, Michael Feil, Willi Platz, Helmut Riedel