Infrared Sensing With Self-Supporting YBCO Uncooled IR Microbolometer Array Integrated With On-Chip CCBDI Readout Circuit

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Butler, Donald P ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; microbolometer; readout integrated circuit; yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008013299     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2014404     Document Type: Article

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