Irvine Sensors Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130107243 | Fast, High Resolution 3-D Flash LADAR Imager | 05-02-2013 |
20130019682 | Nano-Resonator Inertial Sensor Assembly - The invention is a frequency modulated (FM) inertial sensing device and method which, in one embodiment, comprises an accelerometer having a proof mass coupled to a nano-resonator element. The nano-resonator element is oscillated at a first predetermined frequency, which may be a first resonant frequency, and is altered to oscillate at a second frequency, which may be a second resonant frequency, in response to a resultant force produced by the acceleration of the proof mass. The degree of change in nano-resonator element output frequency is sensed and processed using suitable processing circuitry as a change in acceleration. | 01-24-2013 |
20120181433 | Sensor System Comprising Stacked Micro-Channel Plate Detector - A multilayer electronic imaging module and sensor system incorporating a micro-lens layer for imaging and collimating a received image from a field of regard, a photocathode layer for detecting photons from the micro-lens layer and generating an electron output, a micro-channel plate layer for receiving the output electrons emitted from the photocathode in response to the photon input and amplifying same and stacked readout circuitry for processing the electron output of the micro-channel plate. The sensor system of the invention may he provided in the form of a Cassegrain telescope assembly and includes electromagnetic imaging and scanning means and beam-splitting means for directed predetermined ranges of the received image to one or more photo-detector elements which may be in the form of the micro-channel imaging module of the invention. | 07-19-2012 |
20120176620 | Method for Using a Variable Depletion Region to Determine a Range of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - A method for using a depletion region in a solid state spectrometer unit cell or plurality of cells for sensing different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation at different depths within the substrate of the device. Variable bias voltages on one or more p-n junctions in the device are used so that the depth of the depletion regions are selectively varied. By varying the depletion region thickness of the p-n junctions in the device, the wavelengths absorbed by the semiconductor device and resultant electron-hole pairs collected by the p-n junctions are varied. In one embodiment, the outputs of each of two unit cell p-n junctions are sensed and the difference calculated and output to suitable circuitry for display as representative of a particular range or frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176619 | Solid State Depletion Region Unit Cell Spectrometer - A solid state spectrometer unit cell or plurality of cells for sensing different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation at different depths within the substrate of the device. Variable bias voltages on one or more p-n junctions in the device are used so that the depth of the depletion regions are selectively varied. By varying the depletion region thickness of the p-n junctions in the device, the wavelengths absorbed by the semiconductor device and resultant electron-hole pairs collected by the p-n junctions are varied. In one embodiment, the outputs of each of two unit cell p-n junctions are sensed and the difference calculated and output to suitable circuitry for display as representative of a particular range or frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 07-12-2012 |
20120126001 | Self-Calibrating Targeting Sight - A targeting sight having viewing optics, a focal plane array and an alignment frame having an aperture that defines a target area that is mounted proximal the muzzle of a weapon. Electronic processing means is provided to define a crosshair in the viewing optics. The alignment frame is illuminated with a beam and the reflected portion of the beam is received by the focal plane array and is processed to position the crosshair with respect to the aperture. | 05-24-2012 |
20120094092 | Method for Defining an Electronically Conductive Metal Structure on a Three-Dimensional Element and a Device Made From the Method - A method for defining an electrically conductive metalized structure, which may comprise an electrode or trace, on the surface of a three-dimensional element. The three-dimensional element may comprise a glass microsphere or shell resonator. A laser direct write grayscale photolithographic process is used in conjunction with electrically conductive metal deposition processes to define one or more electrically conductive metal structures on the surfaces of the three dimensional element. | 04-19-2012 |
20120073127 | Alignment and Lead Insertion Device for an Electronic Component - An opposing first plate and second plate are slideably disposed with respect to each other using self-aligning plate registration means. Circuit board registration means and component registration means are provided for the initial X-Y alignment and registration of the circuit board and socket contact elements with one or more electrically conductive leads of an electronic component such as a focal plane array (FPA). A non-contact portion is provided on the first plate to eliminate plate contact with the first component surface which may comprise the lens of an FPA. The first and second plates are urged together such that an even, controlled and substantially planar compressive force is applied, permitting the efficient insertion of the electrically conductive leads into the socket contacts. | 03-29-2012 |
20120069528 | Method for Control of Solder Collapse in Stacked Microelectronic Structure - A process and product made from the process is disclosed to minimize solder collapse during solder reflow. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068341 | Method for Depackaging Prepackaged Integrated Circuit Die and a Product from the Method - A method for providing a known good integrated circuit die having enhanced planarity from a prepackaged integrated circuit die having a surface warpage such as in a ball grid array (BGA) package is provided. A partially-depackaged integrated circuit package is affixed to a substrate with a spacer element there between such that the active surface of the die within the partially depackaged integrated circuit die is “bowed” slightly upwardly to define a convex surface. The exposed encapsulant on the now-convex surface of the mounted, partially-depackaged integrated circuit package is then lapped or ground away to a predetermined depth so that an integrated circuit die is provided having an enhanced planarity and surface uniformity. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068336 | Method for Fabricating a Neo-Layer Using Stud Bumped Bare Die - A method for fabricating a stackable integrated circuit layer and a device made from the method are disclosed. A stud bump is defined on the contact pad of an integrated circuit die and the stud-bumped die encapsulated in a potting material to define a potted assembly. A predetermined portion of the potting material is removed whereby a portion of the stud bump is exposed. One or more electrically conductive traces are defined on the layer surface and in electrical connection with the stud bump to reroute the integrated circuit contacts to predetermined locations on the layer to provide a stackable neolayer. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068333 | Wire Bond Through-Via Structure and Method - A stackable integrated circuit chip layer and module device that avoids the use of electrically conductive elements on the external surfaces of a layer containing an integrated circuit die by taking advantage of conventional wire bonding equipment to provide an electrically conductive path defined by a wire bond segment that is encapsulated in a potting material so as to define an electrically conductive wire bond “through-via” accessible from at least the lower or second surface of the layer. | 03-22-2012 |
20110303404 | Wear-Resistant Conformal Coating for Micro-Channel Structure - A conformal, multilayer micro-channel structure having a wear-resistant interior micro-channel surface coating of an ALD deposited conformal alumina (Al2O3) ceramic of about 1000 Å in thickness and a titanium nitride (TiN) of about 300 Å to about 1000 Å in thickness. The Al2O3/TiN multilayer structure is resistant to erosion and to electro-chemical corrosion as is found in prior art micro-channel coolers and structures. | 12-15-2011 |
20110285981 | Sensor Element and System Comprising Wide Field-of-View 3-D Imaging LIDAR - A LIDAR sensor element and system for wide field-of-view applications such as autonomous UAS landing site selection is disclosed. The sensor element and system have an imaging source such as a SWIR laser for imaging a field of regard or target with a beam having a predefined wavelength. The beam is scanned over the field of regard or target with a beam steering device such as Risley prism. The reflected beam is captured by the system by receiving optics which may comprise a Risley prism for receiving and imaging the reflected beam upon a photodetector array such as a focal plane array. The focal plane array may be bonded to and a part of a three-dimensional stack of integrated circuits, a plurality of which may comprise one or more read out integrated circuits. | 11-24-2011 |
20110267190 | Anti-Tampering Detection Using Target Circuit RF Signature - An anti-tampering device and method to inhibit or prevent unauthorized probing of an electronic circuit. Propriety target circuitry transmits a distinct signature in the form of an RF signal which is received by the RF anti-tampering detection circuitry. The transmitted RF signature is monitored by the RF anti-tampering detection circuitry for user-defined changes. In the event an unauthorized attempt is made to probe the target system electronics, the mass of the probe alters the RF transmission characteristics of the RF transmission media, changing the RF signature. The altered RF signature is received by the receiving antenna and RF receiver and is processed by signal processing electronics. The change in the RF signature indicates a tamper event and a predefined anti-tamper event is generated. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267021 | Switched and Smart Switched Tracking Power Supply - A switched tracking power supply circuit that monitors an input power source and modifies the output based on the characteristics of the input source. | 11-03-2011 |
20110227603 | Secure Anti-Tamper Integrated Layer Security Device Comprising Nano-Structures - A device and method using one or more electrically conductive nano-structures defined on one or more surfaces of a microelectronic circuit such as an integrated circuit die, microelectronic circuit package a stacked microelectronic circuit package, or on the surface of one or more layers in a stack of layers containing one or more ICs. The nano-structure is in connection with a monitoring circuit and acts as a “trip wire” to detect unauthorized tampering with the device or module. Such a monitoring circuit may include a power source such as an in-circuit or in-module battery and a “zeroization” circuit within the chip or package to erase the contents of a memory when the nano-structure is breached or altered. One or more electrically conductive nano-structures interconnect and reroute one or more electrical connections between one or more ICs to create an “invisible” set of electrical connections on the chip or stack to obfuscate an attempt to reverse engineer the device. microscope. | 09-22-2011 |
20110193587 | Anti-Tampering Obscurity Using Firmware Power Mirror Compiler - In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a mirror compiler is provided for each protected device or circuit resulting in a program that is embedded into the protected device's source code. The mirror compiler can be configured to have multiple selectable compilation parameters offering the programmer flexible options for mirrored power cancellations. | 08-11-2011 |
20110181885 | Large Displacement Micro-Lamellar Grating Interferometer - A micro-lamellar grating interferometer for deriving the spectrum of an incident beam from a scene of interest from a generated interferogram is disclosed with a method for using the same. | 07-28-2011 |
20110168838 | Launch tube deployable surveillance and reconnaissance system - An unmanned aerial surveillance and reconnaissance system are disclosed wherein an unmanned aerial vehicle is launchable from a launch tube, for instance, the bore of an existing weapons system mounted on a mobile vehicle, such as a weapon barrel of a tank or armored combat vehicle and which the launch may be remotely initiated from the protected armored compartment of the mobile vehicle. | 07-14-2011 |
20110168378 | Thermal power distribution system - The invention is comprised of one or more variably conductive thermal switches. | 07-14-2011 |
20110147568 | High density array module and connector - In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a high density interconnect structure is provided comprised of a dielectric structure and one or more compressible conductive member for the electrical connection of a plurality of inputs and outputs of a three-dimensional module to external circuitry using a compression frame and a flex connector. The compression frame has a surface equal to or less than the surface area of the module surface upon which it is mounted and permits a plurality of modules to be “butted” together to provide, for instance, a buttable focal plane array module comprising a mosaic of buttable focal plane arrays. | 06-23-2011 |
20110137148 | Method and device comprising fused ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging - A device and method for concurrently obtaining ultrasound and MRI image data are disclosed. A probe member comprises ultrasound imaging means at a first predetermined position on the probe member and an MRI coil at a second predetermined position on the probe member. An MRI imaging system having an MRI pulse sequence comprising an MRI image data acquisition period and an MRI pulse sequence time gap generates an MRI image data set. An ultrasound image data set is acquired only during the MRI pulse sequence time gap in which the operation of the ultrasound imaging means does not interfere with the MRI imaging operation. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134245 | Compact intelligent surveillance system comprising intent recognition - An intelligent surveillance system is disclosed for the identification of suspicious behavior near the exterior of a vehicle. The system of the invention is comprised of a “fish-eye” visible camera imaging system installed on the interior ceiling of an automobile for the 360-degree imaging and observation of the lower hemisphere around the perimeter of the vehicle. The camera of the system is augmented with an embedded processor based on DSP (digital signal processor) or FPGA (field-programmable gate array) technology to provide for the automatic detection of suspicious/hostile activities around the vehicle. The system is preferably provided with wireless transmitter means for alerting a person (e.g. the owner) of detected suspicious behavior. | 06-09-2011 |
20110096511 | Ultra-low profile multi-chip module - The disclosed invention comprises a substrate having one or more conductive metal traces comprising one or more electrical access leads terminating on a lateral surface of the substrate. | 04-28-2011 |
20110085304 | Thermal management device comprising thermally conductive heat spreader with electrically isolated through-hole vias - A thermally conductive heat spreader is disclosed comprising one or more electrically isolated through-hole vias to provide, for instance, one or more thermal management layers having one or more electrically insulated and electrically conductive through-hole vias in a microelectronic module for the rerouting of one or more electrical signals to one or more layers in a stack of integrated circuit chip layers. | 04-14-2011 |
20110084212 | Multi-layer photon counting electronic module - A multilayer electronic module for photon counting such as in the solar blind region of the ultraviolet electromagnetic spectrum is provided. | 04-14-2011 |
20110041601 | Frequency modulated micro-gyro signal processing method and device - A signal processing method and device for measuring the input rate of an FM micro-gyro having a modulation frequency F | 02-24-2011 |
20110032593 | Gravity operated, rotatable lens curtain for thermal imager - A device for in-situ calibration of a thermal imager on a UAS is disclosed. A rotatable lens curtain is provided with an aperture for the lens of a thermal imager to observe a field of view. The lens curtain comprises a balancing weight and blocking portion having a thermally uniform interior surface that functions as a calibration surface. The lens curtain is disposed with respect to the lens such that when the UAS is in a substantially level flight path, the lens is exposed to the field of view through the aperture. The lens curtain is provided such that when the UAS is rotated about an axis, the lens curtain maintains its absolute position relative to the Earth by virtue of the balance weight and the lens rotates within the lens curtain such that the blocking position obscures the lens from the field of view and the lens is exposed to the thermally uniform interior surface such that a calibration operation can be performed by the thermal imager. | 02-10-2011 |
20110032508 | Phase sensing and scanning time of flight LADAR using atmospheric absorption bands - A phase-sensing and scanning time-of-flight LADAR method and device are disclosed that take advantage of an atmospheric absorption bands within the solar IR spectrum. | 02-10-2011 |
20110032130 | AM chirp LADAR readout circuit and module - A readout circuit is disclosed for use in an AM chirp LADAR system. The circuit comprises a photodetector such as a metal-semiconductor-metal detector coupled to a passive electronic filter. The filter output coupled to a capacitive-coupled transimpedance amplifier with an output coupled to an analog storage register. The analog storage register output is coupled to a sample-and-hold circuit which in turn is coupled to a sample and hold circuit. The output of the sample and hold circuit is digitized by an analog-to-digital converter circuit for further processing. The circuit may be used as a cell for the readout of an individual pixel on a photodetector or a plurality of cells used in a stack of integrated circuit chips for the read out of a plurality of pixels in a photodetector array. | 02-10-2011 |
20110031982 | Tamper-resistant electronic circuit and module incorporating electrically conductive nano-structures - A device and method are disclosed comprising one or more electrically conductive nano-structures defined on one or more surfaces of a microelectronic circuit such as an integrated circuit die, microelectronic circuit package (such as a TSOP, BGA or other prepackaged IC) a stacked microelectronic circuit package, or on the surface of one or more layers in a stack of layers containing one or more ICs. | 02-10-2011 |
20110031749 | Energy harvesting buoy - An energy-harvesting buoy is provided comprising an air-pressure generator, such as a piezo-electric generator, or any other generator that can harvest energy from an air pressure. The energy harvesting buoy consists of a first float and a second float. An air pressure is created when relative vertical motion occurs between the first float and the second float which drives an air pressurization means such as a piston driven air pump using a linkage member pivotably mounted between the respective floats. The generator uses the air pressure from the air pressurization means to drive the generator to generate electrical power. | 02-10-2011 |
20110023927 | Micro-combustion power system with metal foam heat exchanger - A micro-combustion power system is disclosed. In a first embodiment, the invention is comprised of a housing that further comprises two flow path volumes, each having generally opposing flow path directions and each generally having opposing configurations. | 02-03-2011 |
20100302638 | Repositionable lens cover - A selectively positionable lens cover is disclosed comprising a lens housing volume and comprising an arcuate lip portion for the selective engagement to and disengagement from a lens. The lens cover further comprises a first engagement structure whereby the first engagement structure may be releaseably engaged with and removed from a second engagement structure. | 12-02-2010 |
20100253179 | Micro-image acquisition and transmission system - A micro-image acquisition and transmission system is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system is comprised of an image acquisition chip comprising an electronic imager, control electronics and a micro powered rotary stage comprising a transceiver array that acts as a hub to optically link a group of distributed image acquisition chips. A preferred embodiment is further comprised of a transceiver array chip comprising one or more micro-powered rotary stages having a transceiver array assembly disposed thereon. The micro-powered rotary stage is supported by a micro-brush bearing. | 10-07-2010 |
20100241601 | Apparatus comprising artificial neuronal assembly - An artificial synapse array and virtual neural space are disclosed. | 09-23-2010 |
20090167114 | FORCED VIBRATION PIEZO GENERATOR AND PIEZO ACTUATOR - Piezoelectric elements for power generation and/or actuation are described. An aspect is directed to generators utilizing piezoelectric elements for electrical power generation. Such a generator can use one or more arrays of piezoelectric cantilevers for electrical power generation in conjunction with modulated air pressure used for exciting the cantilevers. The pressure level/modulation and cantilever area can be controlled variables for maximizing the bending, and hence energy generation, of the cantilevers. A further aspect is directed to hydraulic fluid actuators utilizing a pumping mechanism that includes a piezoelectric element. The linear actuators can advantageously utilize the high force and high frequency characteristics of a piezoelectric membrane in conjunction with a large stroke and actuation direction conversion afforded by hydraulic transmission. | 07-02-2009 |