Title
Performance of a 512x3 Pixel Microbolometer Detector for Space Imaging Applications
Abstract
A 512x3 pixel microbolometer detector array has been developed for space imaging applications. Each pixel includes thermally sensitive and reference microbolometer detectors fabricated by surface micromachining and arranged in a Wheatstone bridge configuration. The detector array is sensitive to thermal infrared radiation and early characterisation shows good uniformity of response between the three lines and among pixels in a given line. The pixel bridge configuration reduces the impact of die temperature drift on pixel output to approximately 40 µV/K, a three hundred fold improvement over a single microbolometer detector.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/ICMENS.2005.98
ICMENS
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
early characterisation,detector array,good uniformity,single microbolometer detector,pixel output,pixel microbolometer detector,die temperature drift,wheatstone bridge configuration,space imaging applications,pixel bridge configuration,reference microbolometer detector,pixel microbolometer detector array,layout,heat radiation,micromachining,temperature,stability,surface micromachining,bolometers
Conference
0-7695-2398-6
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
T. D. Pope101.01
C. Alain200.34
L. Le Noc300.68
H. Jerominek411.64
L. Ngo Phong501.01
W. Zheng600.34