IP Library Granted Patent US 9,404,796
Granted Patent B2
US 9,404,796 · App. 14/394,934 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Optical sensor arrangement

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Patent No.
US 9,404,796
App. No.
14/394,934
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical sensor arrangement includes two sensors arranged one behind the other. The operational spectral ranges of the sensors match, and the first sensor forms an attenuation filter for the second sensor, which is arranged behind the first sensor.

Claims (15)

1. An optical sensor arrangement, comprising:

an aperture; and

first and second sensors configured to detect electromagnetic waves passing through the aperture, wherein the first and second sensors are physically arranged in series so that electromagnetic waves passing through the aperture pass through the first sensor and then to the second sensor,

wherein the first and second sensors have a same operational spectral region and cover a same region of surroundings to be observed,

wherein the first sensor forms an attenuation filter for the second sensor, which is arranged downstream from the first sensor in a direction of the electromagnetic waves passing through the aperture, and

wherein the first sensor comprises a first diode and the second sensor comprises a second diode, and wherein the first diode is thicker than the second diode such that a majority of intensity entering the aperture is absorbed by the first sensor, wherein the intensity absorbed by the first diode is on the order of 99%.

2. The sensor arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

a partly mirrored layer arranged between the first and second sensors.

3. The sensor arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sensors are diodes with a p-n or n-p junction.

4. The sensor arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical arrangement configured between the aperture and the first and second sensors.

5. The sensor arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the first sensor is positioned in an image plane of the optical arrangement.

6. The sensor arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal processing arrangement connected to the first and second sensors.

7. The sensor arrangement of claim 1 , the first sensor has a higher sensitivity than the second sensor.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER FROM 9476976 TO 9476967 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 48284 FRAME: 766. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: AIRBUS DS ELECTRONICS AND BORDER SECURITY GMBH
To: HENSOLDT SENSORS GMBH
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER PAT. NO.9476976 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 047691 FRAME 0890. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Jun 18, 2019
From: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
To: AIRBUS DS ELECTRONICS AND BORDER SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 049499/0724 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 7, 2019
From: AIRBUS DS ELECTRONICS AND BORDER SECURITY GMBH
To: HENSOLDT SENSORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 048284/0766 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2018
From: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
To: AIRBUS DS ELECTRONICS AND BORDER SECURITY GMBH
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2014
From: BARTH, JOCHEN; ROTH, THOMAS; CZESLIK, CHRISTIAN
To: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
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