Development of uncooled focal plane detector arrays for smart IR sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3242, Issue , 1997, Pages 254-265

  Liddiard, Kevin C ^a   Reinhold, Olaf ^b   Ringh, Ulf ^c   Jansson, Christer ^c  

^a Electro optic Sensor Design   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focal plane detector array; Infrared detection; IR sensors; Microbolometer; Smart sensors; Uncooled

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ARRAY PROCESSING; BOLOMETERS; DETECTORS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; INFRARED DETECTORS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL SENSORS; PAPER; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMART SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

FOCAL PLANE DETECTOR ARRAY; INFRARED DETECTION; IR SENSORS; MICROBOLOMETER; UNCOOLED;

FOCUSING;

EID: 57649114150     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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