Thin-film monolithic detector arrays for uncooled thermal imaging

Kevin Charles Liddiard

doi:10.1117/12.154733

31 August 1993 Thin-film monolithic detector arrays for uncooled thermal imaging

Kevin Charles Liddiard

Proceedings Volume 1969, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154733
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses the design and development of thin film monolithic thermal infrared detector arrays integrated with signal conditioning and multiplexor VLSI microcircuits on the same silicon chip. The impact of this technology on thermal imager design is considered. Monolithic processing offers the potential for reducing detector cost to that of a microelectronic circuit component, thus opening the way for development of a new generation of lightweight, affordable thermal imagers. A summary is given of the status of uncooled thermal sensor development at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

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Kevin Charles Liddiard "Thin-film monolithic detector arrays for uncooled thermal imaging", Proc. SPIE 1969, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing IV, (31 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154733

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