US 12,232,340 B2
Infrared detection with intrinsically conductive conjugated polymers
Jason D. Azoulay, Hattiesburg, MS (US); Jarrett Vella, New Carlisle, OH (US); Mohammed I. Vakil, Beavercreek, OH (US); Lifeng Huang, Hattiesburg, MS (US); and Naresh Eedugurala, Hattiesburg, MS (US)
Assigned to The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (US); and Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
Filed by The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (US); and Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,277.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,454, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0037408 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 39/32 (2023.01); H10K 30/81 (2023.01); H10K 30/88 (2023.01); H10K 71/12 (2023.01); H10K 85/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 39/32 (2023.02) [H10K 30/81 (2023.02); H10K 30/88 (2023.02); H10K 71/12 (2023.02); H10K 85/113 (2023.02); H10K 85/151 (2023.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photoconductive detector with an organic active layer comprising:
a substrate;
an electrode geometry positioned on the substrate and including:
a first transmission line having a terminal end;
a second transmission line having a terminal end, wherein the first and second transmission lines are spaced apart to define a gap, the gap between the first and second transmission lines acting as one pixel;
a first layer at least partially covering the gap; and
a second layer at least partially covering the polymer, wherein the second layer is configured as an encapsulant.