US Patent Issued to NEC on July 8 for "Infrared sensor using carbon nanotubes and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,754, issued on July 8, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Infrared sensor using carbon nanotubes and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Ryota Yuge (Tokyo), Kaoru Narita (Tokyo) and Tomo Tanaka (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 having a high TCR value, and a method for manufacturing the infrared sensor. The infrared sensor comprises a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode on the substrate, and a carbon nanotube layer electrically connected with the first electrode and the second electrode, whe...