Abstract:
An optoelectrical device, which may be a luminaire or a photovoltaic concentrator, has a transparent cover plate. A target with an optoelectrical transducer that produces waste heat in operation is mounted at an inside face of the transparent cover plate. A primary mirror reflects light between being concentrated on the target and passing generally collimated through the cover plate. A heat spreader is in thermal contact with the target. The heat spreader has heat conductors that thermally connect the target with the inside surface of the cover plate. The heat conductors may be arms extending radially outwards, and may be straight, zigzag, or branching. An array of targets may be mounted on a common cover plate, and their heat spreaders may be continuous from target to target.
Abstract:
A system and method for canceling dark photocurrent in a color sensor circuit is disclosed. A color sensor is described including a color sensor circuit, a dark color sensor circuit, and a differential amplifier circuit. The color sensor circuit receives photocurrent from a color component of a light input. The color sensor circuit outputs a first voltage indicating intensity of the color component. The dark color sensor circuit receives dark photocurrent and outputs a second voltage indicating an offset voltage. The differential amplifier circuit is coupled to the color sensor circuit and to the dark color sensor circuit. The differential amplifier circuit receives the first and second voltages and outputs a final output that cancels contributions of the offset voltage in the first voltage due to the dark photocurrent.
Abstract:
A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation conversion panel for detecting the radiation which has passed through the subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the radiation conversion panel, and a sensitivity corrector for correcting at least one of a sensitivity, a dark current, a density step, and a residual image of the radiation conversion panel based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a bolometric device with receiving cavity for measuring a beam of high frequency microwaves, comprising a hollow body (1) with receiving cavity (50) having an opening (2) for the entrance of said beam of high frequency microwaves in said receiving cavity (50), a diverging mirror (3) located in the lower part of said cavity (50) for reflecting said beam of microwaves on an absorbent coating material (4) applied on the internal surface (5) of the hollow body (1), a cooling circuit (7) for transferring the thermal energy accumulated on the absorbent coating material (4) and a circuit (6) for measuring the power of the beam of high frequency microwaves entering the hollow body (1). Said absorbent coating material (4) consists of boron carbide. In addition a procedure is described for coating with an absorbent material the internal surface (5) of a hollow body (1) being part of the aforementioned device for measuring a beam of high frequency microwaves (FIG. 1).
Abstract:
A light emitting apparatus is disclosed for medical applications including photo-dynamic-therapy (PDT), photobiostimulation (photobiomodulation), photo-sterilization, and photo-curing. The light emitting apparatus comprises a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements, preferably light emitting diodes (LEDs) to produce a high intensity light beam, and a liquid light guide for delivering the light beam from the light source to the treatment site.
Abstract:
An infrared imaging sensor and a vacuum packaging method thereof are described. The infrared imaging sensor includes a ceramic base, a metal cap and an infrared filter. The ceramic base has an infrared imaging chip attached thereon and the metal cap includes a getter deposited on an inner surface of the metal cap. The infrared filter seals an opening of the metal cap. The ceramic base, the metal cap and the infrared filter are heated in a vacuum chamber to activate the getter, and to solder the ceramic base, the metal cap and the infrared filter together thereby vacuum packaging the infrared imaging sensor.
Abstract:
A process photometer which includes an insulated and a non-insulated compartment. The following components are positioned within the insulated compartment which is maintained at a relatively constant, elevated temperature: (1) a source of chopped radiation directed to a focal point, (2) a means for detecting the chopped radiation's phase and generating a phase pulse, (3) an output optical fiber to convey the chopped radiation from the focal point to a remote sample, the fiber having one end supported by (4) a connector which holds the supported end of the optical fiber stationary at the radiation focal point, (5) a rotatable filter wheel having at least one filter for a radiation wavelength band modulated by each material being monitored, (6) means for rotating the filter wheel a regular, pre-determined distance at regular, pre-determined time intervals, (7) a return optical fiber to relay radiation modified by a material being analyzed from a remote sample cell to a filter on the filter wheel, (8) a radiation detector for radiation which has passed through a filter on the filter wheel, (9) a preamplifier for low noise amplification of output from the radiation detector, (10) a lock-in amplifier for synchronized detection of output from the preamplifier with chopped radiation phase pulse, (11) a means of converting the analog output from the lock-in amplifier to a digital signal, (12) means for maintaining a relatively constant temperature in compartment a), and (13) means for securing components (1) through (12) in the insulated compartment in a manner such that they are held in proper position. The non-insulated compartment houses a power supply. Means for controlling movement of the filter wheel may be located in the insulated compartment, the non-insulated compartment or external to both compartments.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a radiation sensor device comprising a housing, a radiation sensor secured with respect to a first portion of the housing and a heat pipe in thermal communication with the first portion of the housing, the heat pipe being configured to transfer heat from portion of the house to a second portion of the housing remote from the first portion of the housing. The heat pipe may be used advantageously to transport or transfer heat away from the sensor components of the device to an area remote therefrom. The heat pipe can be used to transfer heat at a rate that is thousands of times higher than copper. The radiation sensor device may be used in an ultraviolet radiation fluid treatment system such as an ultraviolet radiation water disinfection system.
Abstract:
Sensing in an elevated-temperature environment is provided using a sensor system having a sensor housing with an exterior wall with a window-support region having an outwardly facing external face, and a window through the window-support region of the exterior wall and affixed to the exterior wall. A sensor unit contained within the sensor housing receives an input signal through the window. A thermal-insulation layer is on the external face of the window-support region of the exterior wall at a location immediately adjacent to the window. The sensor system is operated in an environment wherein the window-support region of the exterior wall is heated to a temperature of greater than about 100° C. in the event that no thermal-insulation layer is present. In a typical application, the sensor system is attached to an aircraft such that the external face is in a forward-facing orientation, and the aircraft is operated such that the external face is heated by aerodynamic heating.
Abstract:
A single-photon detector includes a superconductor strip biased near its critical current. The superconductor strip provides a discernible output signal upon absorption of a single incident photon. In one example, the superconductor is a strip of NbN (niobium nitride). In another example, the superconductor strip meanders to increase its probability of receiving a photon from a light source. The single-photon detector is suitable for a variety of applications including free-space and satellite communications, quantum communications, quantum cryptography, weak luminescence, and semiconductor device testing.