US Patent Issued to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems on March 4 for "Microbolometer systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,904, issued on March 4, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Microbolometer systems and methods" was invented by Eric A. Kurth (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Marin Sigurdson (Goleta, Calif.) and Robert F. Cannata (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microbolometer systems and methods are provided herein. For example, an infrared imaging device includes a microbolometer array. The microbolometer array includes a plurality of microbolometers. Each microbolometer includes a microbolometer bridge that includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a resistive layer...