Novel readout circuit architecture realizing TEC-less operation for SOI Diode Uncooled IRFPA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7298, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ohnakado, Takahiro ^a   Ueno, Masashi ^a   Ohta, Yasuaki ^a   Kosasayama, Yasuhiro ^a   Hata, Hisatoshi ^a   Sugino, Takaki ^a   Ohno, Takanori ^a   Kama, Keisuke ^a   Tsugai, Masahiro ^a   Fukumoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Readout circuit; SOI diode; TEC less; Uncooled IRFPA

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LOW NOISE; PIXEL PITCH; READOUT CIRCUIT; SOI DIODE; TEC-LESS; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER; UNCOOLED; UNCOOLED INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; UNCOOLED IRFPA;

DIODES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; PIXELS; READOUT SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES;

EID: 69949131776     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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