microbolometer
Sign in to savethumb| Simplified representation of a bolometric pixel A microbolometer is a specific type of bolometer used as a detector in a thermal camera. Infrared radiation with wavelengths between 7.5–14 μm strikes the detector material, heating it, and thus changing its electrical resistance. This resistance change is measured and processed into temperatures which can be used to create an image. Unlike other types of infrared detecting equipment, microbolometers do not require cooling.
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16 sectionsContents
- Theory of construction
- Detecting material properties
- Temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR)
- 1/f noise
- Resistance
- Detecting materials
- Active vs passive microbolometers
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Performance limits
- Origins
- Manufacturers of microbolometer arrays by Volume
- Remaining Manufacturers
- Microbolometer array systems integrators
- References
- External links
thumb| Simplified representation of a bolometric pixel A microbolometer is a specific type of bolometer used as a detector in a thermal camera. Infrared radiation with wavelengths between 7.5–14 μm strikes the detector material, heating it, and thus changing its electrical resistance. This resistance change is measured and processed into temperatures which can be used to create an image. Unlike other types of infrared detecting equipment, microbolometers do not require cooling.
== Theory of construction ==