Appeal No. 2006-1049
Application No. 09/667,826
9. The focal plane array 10 preferably employs an array of detector
elements formed in a two dimensional array, corresponding to the pixels of the
image data (col. 5, lines 11-13).
10. Focal plane array 10 may preferably employ an array of
microbolometer detector elements formed directly on a readout circuit IC acting as
a substrate, to form the combined detector/readout structure (col. 5, lines 17-20).
11. The focal plane array 10 will preferably be configured on a support,
such as a ceramic substrate configured inside a vacuum chamber. Also, a
thermoelectric cooler is preferably provided (not shown) to stabilize the
temperature of the readout substrate (col. 5, lines 41-45).
12. The output of focal plane array 10, which provides the detection
signals corresponding to each pixel of the array, is provided on one or more output
lines 20. The output signals are preferably time multiplexed to reduce the number
of pins required (col. 6, lines 1-5).
13. The electrical inputs to focal plane array 10 in turn are biasing signals
needed to bias the detector elements and drive the readout circuit and timing
signals to control the readout of signals from the array (col. 6, lines 5-8).
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