Antenna-coupled microbolometers for multi-spectral infrared imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6206 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Weling, Aniruddha S ^a   Henning, Patrick F ^a   Neikirk, Dean P ^b   Han, Sangwook ^b  

^a FOSTER MILLER INC   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

FPA sensor; Infrared imaging; Microbolometer array; Multi spectral; Thermal detector

Indexed keywords

FPA SENSORS; MICROBOLOMETER ARRAYS; MULTI-SPECTRAL; THERMAL DETECTORS;

ANTENNAS; COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 33747639888     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.665791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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