ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,636, issued on April 14, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Infrared sensor device" was invented by Yoshinori Takahashi (Tokyo) and Tomohiro Maegawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor chip (4) having a pixel unit (8) that detects an infrared ray is bonded to an insulating substrate (2) using a bonding material (3). A heat generation mechanism (11) is integrated with the sensor chip (4). A control unit (14) is provided on the insulating substrate (2) and controls an amount of current to be supplied to the heat generation mechanism (11)."
The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 2020, under Application No. 17/995...