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Polymer Shutter For Infrared Detection Systems
University of California System: University of California, Santa Barbara
posted on 09/30/2009
Electrically driven polymer-based shutter for infrared detectors.
Suggested Uses
- Integration with infrared detectors for a wide range of military uses
- Civilian applications in automobiles, trucks, and airplanes
- Search-and-rescue and fire-fighting operations
- Agricultural and water resource and productivity assessment and monitoring
- Homeland security
- Aerospace and satellite applications
- Advanced medical diagnosis
This technology is available for licensing.
Advantages
- Reduction in cost, weight, size of infrared detectors
- Less mechanically fragile and consumes less power
Detailed Description
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed an electrically driven polymer-based shutter for infrared detectors. The invention uses an electrically driven polymer shutter to achieve on and off states and is designed to replace mechanical shutters in current IR detector systems for both calibration and imaging purposes
File Number: 19818
Other Information:
Background
In infrared detection systems, a shutter device provides for the signal to be blocked at intermittent intervals to create “on” and “off” states. Unfortunately, conventional mechanical shutters are large in size, require high power to operate, and suffer from slow speed of operation. These devices are not easily integrated in battery-operated, miniaturized detector systems with low operating power requirements and minimal size and weight.
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This innovation currently is not available for online licensing. Please contact Franco Caporale at University of California System: University of California, Santa Barbara for more information.
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