Small two-dimensional and linear arrays of polycrystalline SiGe microbolometers at IMEC-XenICs

Vladimir N. Leonov; Ybe Creten; Piet De Moor; Bert Du Bois; Claus Goessens; Bob Grietens; Patrick Merken; Natalia A. Perova; Gerlinde Ruttens; Chris Van Hoof; Agnes Verbist; Jan Vermeiren

doi:10.1117/12.487084

Small two-dimensional and linear arrays of polycrystalline SiGe microbolometers at IMEC-XenICs

Vladimir N. Leonov, Ybe Creten, Piet De Moor, Bert Du Bois, Claus Goessens, Bob Grietens, Patrick Merken, Natalia A. Perova, Gerlinde Ruttens, Chris Van Hoof, Agnes Verbist, Jan Vermeiren

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The state-of-the-art characteristics of polycrystalline SiGe microbolometer arrays are reported. An NETD of 100 mK at a time constant of 25 ms is achievable on 14×14 and 200×1 arrays at the system level. It is the result of joint studies targeted at 1/f noise decrease, as well as TCR and uniformity improvements together with the design optimization. Thanks to successful decrease of 1/f noise of SiGe, the arrays were moved from "1/f-noise limited" to "system limited", i.e. to the case of VO_x arrays. The mechanical design of pixels was improved affording very precise tuning of the infrared quarter-wave resonant cavity. The resistance and TCR non-uniformity with σ/μ better than 0.2% combined with about 1% noise nonuniformity and 100% pixel operability are demonstrated. The first lots of arrays with 99.98% production pixel yield have already been characterized and the results are being reported.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	446-457
Seitenumfang	12
Fachzeitschrift	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Jahrgang	5074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487084
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 2003
Veranstaltung	Infrared Technology and Applications XXIX - Orlando, FL, USA/Vereinigte Staaten Dauer: 21 Apr. 2003 → 25 Apr. 2003

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Leonov, V. N., Creten, Y., De Moor, P., Du Bois, B., Goessens, C., Grietens, B., Merken, P., Perova, N. A., Ruttens, G., Van Hoof, C., Verbist, A., & Vermeiren, J. (2003). Small two-dimensional and linear arrays of polycrystalline SiGe microbolometers at IMEC-XenICs. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5074, 446-457. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487084

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