US Patent Issued to LYNRED on April 8 for "Infrared imaging microbolometer and associated production methods" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,710, issued on April 8, was assigned to LYNRED (Palaiseau, France).

"Infrared imaging microbolometer and associated production methods" was invented by Willy Ludurczak (Lyons, France) and Marc Guillaumont (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared imaging microbolometer integrating a membrane assembled in suspension above a substrate by means of holding arms attached to anchoring nails is disclosed. The membrane includes a support layer crossing the upper end of the anchoring nails. It also includes an absorber or electrode deposited on the support layer and on the anchoring nails with a pattern forming at least two...