Developments in uncooled IR technology at BAE systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4369, Issue , 2001, Pages 287-296

  Gurnee, Mark N ^a   Kohin, Margaret ^a   Blackwell, Rich ^a   Butler, Neal ^a   Whitwam, Jason ^a   Backer, Brian ^a   Leary, Arthur ^a   Nielson, Thomas ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Microbolometer; MicroIR ; Thermal Imaging; Uncooled

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; READOUT SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LIGHT THERMAL WEAPON SIGHT; MICROBOLOMETER; READ OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE; VANADIUM OXIDE;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0035761579     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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