Microbolometers
Fundamentals, Materials, and Recent Developments
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Author: Nuggehalli Ravindra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 8 1 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 8 1 3 - 1
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Request a sales quoteMicrobolometers: Fundamentals, Materials, and Recent Developments describes the fundamentals of microbolometers, their historic evolution, operational principles and material choices. It also explains the impact of materials on the processing and development of device characteristics. Sections address various aspects of optical properties and recommend models of properties of materials of interest for the fabrication of the uncooled microbolometers. In addition, the book presents two case studies, Honeywell and Texas Instruments, that focus on the design and manufacture of microbolometers.
Finally, recent developments, applications, patents and future trends are presented. The chapter on patents will summarize the strengths and weaknesses of each of the technologies.
“Please note that there is an error on the Dedication page, it should read: “To my sister, Math. G.Y. Premalatha, and my brother-in-law, the late Professor G.N. Yoganarasimhan, Professor of Water Resources Engineering and Management, for showing me the direction”
- Describes the fundamentals of uncooled infrared detectors, operational principles and material approaches
- Includes case studies based on Honeywell and Texas Instruments’ work on microbolometers
- Provides analyses of current patents with a look towards their strengths and weaknesses
R&D materials scientists and engineers, those working in academia in materials science, electrical engineering, and physics disciplines
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Online appendices
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- About the Author
- 1: Historical perspective
- Abstract
- 1.1: Infrared radiation
- 1.2: Infrared detector
- 1.3: Microbolometer
- 1.4: Fabrication process
- References
- 2: Introduction
- Abstract
- 2.1: Electromagnetic (EM) radiation
- 2.2: Infrared radiation
- 2.3: Applications
- 2.4: Microbolometers
- 2.5: Radiometry and black body radiation
- 2.6: Optical imaging system
- 2.7: Infrared radiation transmission in Earth’s atmosphere
- References
- 3: Figure of merit
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Thermal detector heat-balance equation
- 3.3: System noise
- 3.4: Figures of merit
- 3.5: Optical infrared imaging system
- References
- 4: Infrared detector materials
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Photon detectors
- 4.3: Microbolometers
- 4.4: Amorphous silicon
- 4.5: Vanadium oxide
- 4.6: Black metals as infrared absorbers: Integration with microbolometers, polycrystalline silicon, black silicon, pyroelectrics
- References
- 5: Other materials
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: HgCdTe
- 5.3: Silicon-germanium
- 5.4: 2D materials including graphene
- 5.5: Yttrium barium copper oxide (YBa2Cu3O7-δ)
- 5.6: GaAs
- 5.7: Black silicon
- References
- 6: Optical and thermal detector fundamentals, microbolometer, and readout integrated circuits
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Photon detectors versus thermal detectors
- 6.3: Thermal infrared detector
- 6.4: Bolometer-fundamentals
- 6.5: Read-out integrated circuits
- References
- 7: Methods of calibration
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Radiometric calibration methods
- References
- 8: Types of microbolometers
- Abstract
- 8.1: Microbolometer
- 8.2: Microbolometer-principle of operation
- 8.3: Microbolometer structural design
- 8.4: Classification of microbolometers
- 8.5: Methods of microbolometer fabrication
- 8.6: Microbolometer types
- References
- Further reading
- 9: Terahertz microbolometers
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Classification of terahertz detectors
- 9.3: Terahertz microbolometer detectors
- 9.4: Case studies
- 9.5: R&D, applications and market trends: Update
- References
- 10: Antennas
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Antenna fundamentals, characteristics, and applications
- 10.3: Antenna-coupled microbolometers
- 10.4: Types of antennas
- 10.5: Terahertz antenna-coupled microbolometer detectors
- References
- 11: Infrared focal plane arrays
- Abstract
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: Types, materials, and systems
- References
- 12: A case study of an uncooled microbolometer
- Abstract
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Microbolometer: Materials selection
- 12.3: Microbolometer structural design
- 12.4: Optimization of radiative properties of layers in the microbolometer
- 12.5: Numerical simulations of performance of microbolometer
- 12.6: Numerical calculations of improved microbolometer
- 12.7: Concluding remarks
- References
- 13: Present and future trends
- Abstract
- 13.1: Present and future trends in infrared detectors and infrared imaging
- 13.2: Microbolometer-based infrared detector technology: Challenges and trends
- References
- 14: Applications
- Abstract
- 14.1: Infrared detector applications
- 14.2: Applications of microbolometers
- 14.3: Examples of applications of microbolometers
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 352
- No. of pages (eBook): 352
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081028124
- eBook ISBN: 9780081028131
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Nuggehalli Ravindra
N M Ravindra (Ravi) is Professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He was the Chair of the Physics Department (2009–13) and Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering at NJIT (2009–2016). Ravi is the Founding Editor of Emerging Materials Research. He serves on the editorial board of several international journals and book series that are dedicated to materials science and engineering.
Ravi and his research team have published over 300 papers in international journals, books and conference proceedings; his team has several pending and two issued patents; he has organized over 30 international conferences; and he has given over 75 talks in international meetings.
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Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USARead Microbolometers on ScienceDirect