Patents by Inventor Peter W. Norton

Peter W. Norton 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).

  • Patent number: 4943491
    Abstract: An improved structure for interconnecting focal plane arrays. A first body having a first coefficient of expansion comprising a detector array is connected by interconnection apparatus to a second body having a second coefficient of expansion. The second body comprises semiconductor electronics and includes a bottom surface which opposes the surface connected to the first body. A layer of material is bonded with an adhesive to the second body's bottom surface wherein the bonded layer has a third coefficient of expansion which is greater than the first and second coefficients of expansion. In one aspect of the invention, the interconnection apparatus comprises interconnect columns made substantially of indium, the second body is substantially comprised of silicon and the first body is substantially comprised of material selected from the group consisting of CdTe and HgCdTe. The bonded layer may advantageously be substantially comprised of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Peter W. Norton, James A. Stobie, Peter H. Zimmermann