Patent ID: 9655501
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01J

Claim:
1. An imaging device, comprising: a planar substrate comprising circuitry; a ring-shaped detector element disposed on a surface of the planar substrate, the ring-shaped detector element comprising a circular array of infrared detectors configured to detect thermal infrared radiation, wherein the infrared detectors are disposed normal to the surface of the planar substrate and face in a radially outward direction from a center of the ring-shaped detector element, and wherein the ring-shaped detector element comprises interconnect structures to electrically connect the infrared detectors to the circuitry of the planar substrate; and a ring-shaped focusing element concentrically disposed around the ring-shaped detector element and configured to direct focused incident infrared radiation towards the circular array of infrared detectors; wherein the circuitry is configured to receive and process data generated by the infrared detectors to generate an image.