US Patent Issued to NEC on May 19 for "Infrared sensor and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,493, issued on May 19, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Infrared sensor and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Noriyuki Tonouchi (Tokyo) and Taizo Shibuya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared sensor capable of efficient light-to-heat conversion by thickening the light-absorbing layer, and a method for manufacturing the same. An infrared sensor comprising: an infrared reflecting mirror; a first light-absorbing layer formed on the infrared reflecting mirror and being a polymer resin layer in which light-absorbing nanoparticles are dispersed; two electrodes ...