US Patent Issued to NEC on July 28 for "Bolometer and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,168, issued on July 28, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Bolometer and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Tomo Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible and high-performance bolometer and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The bolometer has (a) a light detector including a bolometer film, and (b) a resin exterior enclosing the light detector; the resin exterior including (b1) a base material layer formed of a resin having a thermal conductivity of 0.3 W/mK or less, and (b2) a protective layer formed of a resin having a thermal conductivity of 0.3 W/mK or less and an infrared transmitta...