Patent ID: 9383254
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G01J,H01L,H01P

Claim Text:
1. A far-infrared microwave kinetic inductance detector comprising: a membrane having an absorber disposed thereon; and a microstrip including a plurality of conductor microstrip lines disposed along all edges of said membrane, and separated from a ground plane by said membrane; wherein said absorber is disposed in a pattern, including a symmetric cross bar pattern, on said membrane, and also wherein said pattern is made from a metallic material formed from a superconducting material with a transition temperature below niobium, including one of aluminum, titanium nitride, or molybdenum nitride, and said conducting microstrip lines are made from niobium and said pattern is disposed on both a top and a bottom of said membrane, and creates a parallel-plate coupled transmission line on said membrane that acts as a half-wavelength resonator at readout frequencies.