Patents by Inventor Howard Beratan

Howard Beratan 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).

  • Optically transitioning thermal detector structures
    Patent number: 9000373
    Abstract: A thermal absorption structure of a radiation thermal detector element may include an optically transitioning material configured such that optical conductivity of the thermal absorption structure is temperature sensitive and such that the detector element absorbs radiation less efficiently as its temperature increases, thus reducing its ultimate maximum temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Howard Beratan
  • High Density Pyroelectric Thin Film Infrared Sensor Array and Method of Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20130320481
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermal sensor array comprises: (a) providing a first wafer comprising an integrated circuit; (b) providing a second wafer comprising a carrier substrate, a thermally sensitive layer, a first electrode and a second electrode; (c) applying a polymer to a bonding surface of at least one of the first wafer and the second wafer; (d) contacting the first wafer and the second wafer for a period of time and at a temperature and pressure sufficient to create a bond; (e) removing the carrier substrate; and (f) patterning and etching the thermally sensitive layer, the first electrode and the second electrode to create an array of pixels, wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are bonded without the need for fine alignment of the wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Bridge Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Beratan, S.S.N. Bharadwaja, Robert J. Morris,, Jr.
  • Optically Transitioning Thermal Detector Structures
    Publication number: 20130292789
    Abstract: A thermal absorption structure of a radiation thermal detector element may include an optically transitioning material configured such that optical conductivity of the thermal absorption structure is temperature sensitive and such that the detector element absorbs radiation less efficiently as its temperature increases, thus reducing its ultimate maximum temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Howard Beratan
  • Optically transitioning thermal detector structures
    Patent number: 8513605
    Abstract: A thermal absorption structure of a radiation thermal detector element may include an optically transitioning material configured such that optical conductivity of the thermal absorption structure is temperature sensitive and such that the detector element absorbs radiation less efficiently as its temperature increases, thus reducing its ultimate maximum temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Howard Beratan
  • Optically transitioning thermal detector structures
    Publication number: 20110266445
    Abstract: A thermal absorption structure of a radiation thermal detector element may include an optically transitioning material configured such that optical conductivity of the thermal absorption structure is temperature sensitive and such that the detector element absorbs radiation less efficiently as its temperature increases, thus reducing its ultimate maximum temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Howard Beratan