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26 October 1998 Infrared imager employing a 160 x 120 pixel uncooled bolometer array
Paul W. Kruse, Randy Dodson, Shane Anderson, Lee Kantor, Mike Knipfer, Timothy J. McManus, R. Andrew Wood, Tom Rezachek
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We have developed an uncooled thermal imager having 160 X 120, 50 micrometer X 50 micrometer pixels which operates at 30 Hz frame rate. It employs a complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) redout integrated circuit (ROIC) beneath a vanadium oxide (VOx) silicon microstructure bolometric array. Imagery output is in RS-170 format. An RS-232 port can be employed to command operation from a remote location. Weight of the 'engine,' consisting of the focal plane array in is package plus three circuit boards, each 3 X 3 inches, is 8 oz. Input power is 2.5 Watts. Also included on the boards is a circuit which avoids the need for a temperature stabilizer in the array package. Operating in the 8 - 14 micrometer spectral interval, the imager has a noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD) with an f/0.8 lens against 295 K targets of less than or equal to 0.1C. The dynamic range of 66 dB will accommodate very hot targets without saturation of an image which also contains 290 K targets.
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Paul W. Kruse, Randy Dodson, Shane Anderson, Lee Kantor, Mike Knipfer, Timothy J. McManus, R. Andrew Wood, and Tom Rezachek "Infrared imager employing a 160 x 120 pixel uncooled bolometer array", Proc. SPIE 3436, Infrared Technology and Applications XXIV, (26 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328056
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems

Thermography

Readout integrated circuits

Bolometers

Digital signal processing

Electronics

Infrared imaging

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