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We present a readout circuit for 1 × 64 Nb5N6 microbolometer array detector. The intrinsic average responsivity of the detectors in the array is 650 V/W, and the corresponding noise equivalent power (NEP) is 17 pW/√Hz. Due to the low noise of the detector, we design a low noise readout circuit with 64 channels. The readout integrated circuit (ROIC) is fabricated under CMOS process with 0.18μm design rule, which has built-in bias and adjustable numerical-controlled output current. Differential structure is used for each pixel to boost capacity of resisting disturbance. A multiplexer and the second stage amplifier is followed after the ROIC. It is shown that the ROIC achieves an average gain of ~47dB and a voltage noise spectral density of ~9.34nV/√Hz at 10KHz. The performance of this readout circuit nearly fulfills the requirements for THz array detector. This readout circuit is fit for the detector, which indicates a good way to develop efficient and low-cost THz detector system.
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