Murphy et al., 2004 - Google Patents

Performance improvements for VOx microbolometer FPAs

Murphy et al., 2004

Document ID
629614094211916189
Author
Murphy D
Ray M
Wyles J
Asbrock J
Hewitt C
Wyles R
Gordon E
Sessler T
Kennedy A
Baur S
Van Lue D
Anderson S
Chin R
Gonzales H
Le Pere C
Ton S
Kostrzewa T
Publication year
Publication venue
Infrared Technology and Applications XXX

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Raytheon is producing high-quality 320 x 240 microbolometer FPAs with 25 μm pitch pixels. The 320 x 240 FPAs have a sensitivity that is comparable to microbolometer FPAs with 50 μm pixels. Typical NETD values for these FPAs are< 50mK with an f/1 aperture and …
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