Patents by Inventor Ray Balcerak

Ray Balcerak 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).

  • Mm-wave/IR monolithically integrated focal plane array
    Patent number: 6329649
    Abstract: An integrated infrared and millimeter-wave monolithic focal plane sensor array having a substrate upon which an integrated array of infrared sensors and mm-wave sensors are provided at a first planar level on the same side of the substrate, and a planar antenna for receiving incident millimeter-wave radiation located at a second planar level located between the integrated array of sensors and the surface of the substrates for coupling the mm-wave radiation field to the mm-wave sensor. The antenna receiver of electromagnetic radiation, in one embodiment, is an antenna having a crossed bowtie configuration which efficiently couples the radiation field to the mm-wave sensor. The invention also is directed to a method of fabricating such a radiation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael D. Jack, Jan Grinberg, Franklin A. Dolezal, Ray Balcerak