摘要:
This detector has a resistive element (4) able to undergo heating which is provided with electrical biasing means (6, 8) for amplifying or increasing the heating, a thermometer (12) thermally coupled to the element and converting a temperature variation undergone by the thermometer into an electric signal, and a device (18) for reading the electric signal. The invented detector can be applied to measure and detect infrared radiation. The detector can also be applied to measure and detect radiation of different wavelengths.
摘要:
A bolometric heat detector having an active part composed of at least two coplanar electrodes (8, 10) placed in electrical contact with a first thin semiconducting layer (6), doped by a first doping agent with a first type of conductivity. There is a second thin semiconducting layer (4) doped like the first layer or undoped, and a third thin semiconducting layer (2) doped by a second doping agent with a second type of conductivity opposed to the first. The second layer (4) is placed between the first (6) and the third (2) layers.
摘要:
An absorbent membrane (1) is fixed in suspension onto a front face of a substrate (2), in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate (2), by at least one alveolate structure thermally insulating the membrane from the substrate (2) and arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the substrate (2). The detector can comprise arms (3) fixedly secured to the absorbent membrane (1). The alveolate structures can be respectively arranged between one of the arms (3) and the substrate (2). The alveolate structure can be formed by a plurality of superposed thin layers (6) separated by spacers (7) or by superposed rows of arcades formed by thin layers. The alveolate structure can comprise a porous pad.
摘要:
An absorbent membrane (1) is fixed in suspension onto a front face of a substrate (2), in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate (2), by at least one alveolate structure thermally insulating the membrane from the substrate (2) and arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the substrate (2). The detector can comprise arms (3) fixedly secured to the absorbent membrane (1). The alveolate structures can be respectively arranged between one of the arms (3) and the substrate (2). The alveolate structure can be formed by a plurality of superposed thin layers (6) separated by spacers (7) or by superposed rows of arcades formed by thin layers. The alveolate structure can comprise a porous pad.
摘要:
According to one aspect, the invention relates to a microbolometer array for thermal detection of light radiation in a given spectral band, comprising a supporting substrate and an array of microbolometers (300) of given dimensions, arranged in an array. Each of said microbolometers comprises a membrane (301) suspended above said supporting substrate, said membrane consisting of an element (305) for absorbing the incident radiation and a thermometric element (304) in thermal contact with the absorber, electrically insulated from said absorber element. The absorber element comprises at least one first metal/insulator/metal (MIM) structure comprising a multilayer of three superposed films of submicron-order thickness i.e. a first metallic film (311), a dielectric film (310), and a second metallic film (309), said MIM structure being able to have a resonant absorption of said incident radiation at at least one wavelength in said spectral band. The area of the microbolometer pixel covered by said membrane (301) is less than or equal to half of the total area of the microbolometer pixel.
摘要:
An infrared detector includes a sensitive part having a sensitive element and conducting elements. The sensitive element includes a layer of material in which the resistivity varies with the temperature. The conducting elements perform the functions of electrodes for the detector and infrared absorber. At least one support element for the sensitive part is capable of positioning the sensitive part, electrically connecting the sensitive part to a readout circuit, and thermally insulating the sensitive part from the rest of the structure. All conducting elements are places on the same surface of the layer of temperature sensitive material. The detector is manufactured according to a forming and etching process.
摘要:
The electromagnetic radiation detection device includes, on a same substrate: at least one active detector of the electromagnetic radiation provided with a first element sensitive to said radiation, at least one reference detector including a second element sensitive to said electromagnetic radiation, and a lid provided with first reflective means reflecting the incident electromagnetic radiation, said lid covering without contact the second sensitive element and defining with the substrate a cavity having the reference detector housed therein. The lid is designed to improve the sensitivity of the detection device.
摘要:
The electromagnetic radiation detection device includes, on a same substrate: at least one active detector of the electromagnetic radiation provided with a first element sensitive to said radiation, at least one reference detector including a second element sensitive to said electromagnetic radiation, and a lid provided with first reflective means reflecting the incident electromagnetic radiation, said lid covering without contact the second sensitive element and defining with the substrate a cavity having the reference detector housed therein. The lid is designed to improve the sensitivity of the detection device.
摘要:
The absorbent membrane of the detector is fixed in suspension by at least one thermally insulating support part onto a front face of a substrate comprising at least two electric connection terminals electrically connected to the membrane, for example by means of conducting layers. The support part has at least one base end and a raised zone. The base end is fixed to a top part of a conducting pillar having a base fixedly secured to one of the electric connection terminals. A substantially flat zone of a bottom face of the membrane is directly in contact with the raised zone of the support part. The support part is preferably formed by a bridge having a second base end fixed to a top part of a second pillar, the raised zone being formed by a flat middle part of the bridge.
摘要:
An electromagnetic radiation detection device including multiple elementary detectors grouped into one or more sub-assemblies each including several elementary detectors, where each elementary detector is connected by an interconnection to an impedance-matching device. The impedance-matching device is common to all the elementary detectors of a single sub-assembly, in each sub-assembly the interconnections have roughly the same resistance value.