A low-cost 64x64 uncooled infrared detector array in standard CMOS

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 316-319

  Eminoglu, S ^a   Tanrikulu, M Y ^a   Akin, T ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circuit noise; Diodes; Electric variables measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Infrared detectors; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Preamplifiers; Sensor arrays

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COSTS; DIODES; EDGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING; MICROSYSTEMS; PIXELS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SENSOR ARRAYS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TRANSDUCERS;

CIRCUIT NOISE; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; LOW NOISE PREAMPLIFIERS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL NOISE; THERMAL TIME CONSTANTS; UNCOOLED INFRARED DETECTORS; UNCOOLED INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 32344445276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1215316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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