US Patent Issued to HRL LABORATORIES on June 3 for "Wideband detector structures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,269, issued on June 3, was assigned to HRL LABORATORIES LLC (Malibu, Calif.).

"Wideband detector structures" was invented by Daniel Yap (Newbury Park, Calif.), Rajesh D. Rajavel (Oak Park, Calif.) and Sarabjit Mehta (Calabasas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for a detector are disclosed. The apparatus disclosed contains a non-absorbing layer shaped as one or more pyramids, one or more collector regions, an absorber layer disposed between the one or more collector regions and the non-absorbing layer, a first electrical contact, and a second electrical contact, wherein the absorber layer is configured to a...