Research/Patents/US 5041839
US 5041839

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SENSORS

Assignee

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENSE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; WHITEHALL, LONDON SW1A 2HB, ENGLAND

Filed

Mar 9, 1982

Granted

Aug 20, 1991

Location

MALVERN GB

Abstract

A radiation sensor for centimeter, millimeter or sub-millimeter waveband receiption, comprising a metal antenna located close to a supporting dielectric body of intermediate to high dielectric constant value and having a mixer located in between and connected to the limbs of the antenna. The supporting body may itself be of semiconductor material, or if of insulating dielectric material, semiconductor material may be incorporated adjacent the antenna; and the mixer components, diodes, integrated in the semiconductor material. Antennae, as above, may be arranged in close-packed array, and the supporting body configured as, or as part of, a lens.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Nov 5, 1987

Rescinded

Aug 1, 1990

Duration

2 years, 9 months

Inventor

  • 1HUW D. REES

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