ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,572, issued on July 1, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Bolometer and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Mayumi Kosaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One object of the present invention is to provide a bolometer with improved TCR. The present invention relates to a bolometer including two electrodes provided on a substrate and a bolometer film lying between the two electrodes to connect the two electrodes, wherein the bolometer film includes p-type semiconducting carbon nanotubes, and contact sites of the two electrodes with the bolometer film each consist only of a monometal or alloy having higher work function ...