- Patent Title: Hybrid infrared sensor array having heterogeneous infrared sensors
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Application No.: US14091266Application Date: 2013-11-26
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Publication No.: US09706138B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Andrew C. Teich , William A. Terre , Pierre Boulanger , Jeffrey D. Frank , John H. Distelzweig
- Applicant: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G01J5/00
- IPC: G01J5/00 ; H04N5/33 ; H04N5/369 ; G01J5/02 ; G01J5/04 ; G01J5/12 ; G01J5/20 ; G01J5/08

Abstract:
Various techniques are provided for an infrared sensor assembly having a hybrid infrared sensor array. In one example, such a hybrid infrared sensor array may include a plurality of microbolometers and a non-bolometric infrared sensor. The non-bolometric infrared sensor may be a thermopile or other type of infrared sensor different from a bolometer-based sensor. The non-bolometric infrared sensor may be utilized to provide a more accurate and stable temperature reading of an object or area of a scene captured by the array. In some embodiments, the non-bolometric infrared sensor may also be utilized to perform a shutter-less radiometric calibration of the microbolometers of the array. An infrared sensor assembly may include, for example, the hybrid infrared sensor array, as well as a substrate including bond pads and/or appropriate circuits to obtain and/or transmit output signals from the non-bolometric infrared sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140085482A1 HYBRID INFRARED SENSOR ARRAY HAVING HETEROGENEOUS INFRARED SENSORS Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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