Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Monolithic Arrays -- Chapter 1.1 Charge Coupled Device Imagers -- Chapter 1.2 Ambipolar Drift Field Imagers -- Chapter 1.3 Static Induction Transistor Imagers -- Chapter 1.4 Charge Injection Device Imagers -- Chapter 1.5 Charge Imaging Matrices -- Part Two: Hybrid Arrays -- Chapter 2.1 Detector Arrays with Individual Detector Element Read-Out Leads -- Chapter 2.2 Detector Arrays without Individual Detector Element Read-Out Leads -- -- Cross-Talk Preventing Measures -- -- Passivation and Leakage Current Preventing Measures -- Chapter 2.3 Flip-Chip Arrangements -- -- Thermal Stress Preventing Measures -- Chapter 2.4 Z-Technology Arrangements -- Chapter 2.5 Detector Arrays Directly Contacting the Read-Out Chip -- -- Connections made by Through Hole Technologies -- Patent Number Index -- Inventor Index -- Company Index -- Subject Index -- Last Page.
Summary
In two parts, this book describes the evolution of mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) imager structures based upon published patents and patent applications. The first part covers monolithic arrays, and the second part describes hybrid arrays. Each part has 5 chapters, with each document placed in chronological order, with the documents with the earliest priority placed first. Focus has been directed at the steps of manufacturing and structures of imagers. There is an index at the end of the book containing the patent number, the name of the applicant and the date of publication of each cited document. This monograph will serve as a useful summary of the patents and patent applications in the field of mercury cadmium telluride imagers.
