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Resolution and sensitivity improvements for VOx microbolometer FPAs

Murphy et al., 2003

Document ID
16288837334078789958
Author
Murphy D
Kennedy A
Ray M
Wyles R
Wyles J
Asbrock J
Hewitt C
Van Lue D
Sessler T
Anderson J
Bradley D
Chin R
Gonzales H
Le Pere C
Kostrzewa T
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Infrared Technology and Applications XXIX

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Raytheon Vision Systems (RVS) has achieved a significant technical breakthrough in uncooled FPAs by reducing the pixel size by a factor of two while maintaining state-of-the-art sensitivity. Raytheon is producing high-quality 320 x 240 microbolometer FPAs with 25 μm …
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