US Patent Issued to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES on June 17 for "Semi-transparent detector array and spatially tunable filter array" (Arizona, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,422, issued on June 17, was assigned to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Semi-transparent detector array and spatially tunable filter array" was invented by James A. LeBeau (Tempe, Ariz.), Eric Ramsey (Londonderry, N.H.) and Jon D. Burnsed (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nightvision system includes an underlying device that provides output light in a first spectrum. A transparent optical device transmits light in the first spectrum from the underlying device through the transparent optical device. The transparent optical device includes an active area of a semiconductor chip. The active area includes acti...