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Paper Abstract
This paper introduces an optimum reference detector design for uncooled resistive microbolometer focal plane arrays
(FPAs). Reference detectors are mainly used for canceling the bias heating and for decreasing the ambient temperature
dependence of the system. The proposed method in this paper determines an optimum thermal conductance value for the
reference detector such that it is almost infrared blind, but still has the same bias heating characteristics as the active
microbolometer detector. Infrared blindness of the reference detector is further increased by covering the top of the
detector with an infrared reflective material. An optimum number of reference detectors are determined such that the
over-heating of the reference detectors is prevented. Simulation results show that, with the use of the proposed method,
it is possible to compensate the resistance change due to bias heating by 87% for the specific case where the detector has
60 kΩ resistance biased at 2 V, 10 ms thermal time constant, and 0.5x10-7 W/K thermal conductance.
Paper Details
Date Published: 17 April 2008
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6940, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV, 694028 (17 April 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.786611
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6940:
Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV
Bjørn F. Andresen; Gabor F. Fulop; Paul R. Norton, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6940, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV, 694028 (17 April 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.786611
Show Author Affiliations
Murat Tepegoz, Middle East Technical Univ. (Turkey)
Fehmi Civitci, Middle East Technical Univ. (Turkey)
Fehmi Civitci, Middle East Technical Univ. (Turkey)
Tayfun Akin, Middle East Technical Univ. (Turkey)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6940:
Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV
Bjørn F. Andresen; Gabor F. Fulop; Paul R. Norton, Editor(s)
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