A 80x60 Micro-Bolometer CMOS Thermal Imager Integrated with a Low-Noise 12-Bit DAC

  • Kim, Ki-Duk
  • Park, Seunghyun
  • Lee, Byunghun
  • Lee, Hyung-Min
  • Cho, Gyu-Hyeong
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A low-cost 80x60 micro-bolometer CMOS thermal imager is presented. The imager system integrated with a proposed 12-bit biasing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) has 100 ms start-up time, which is 300x faster than commercial products, while ensuring comparable 100 mK noise-equivalent temperature difference (NETD). The low-noise biasing DAC adopts a current-mode divider- stacking structure and a bit-inversion technique, leading to mismatch-insensitive operation. The 12-bit biasing DAC in a 0.18 m CMOS imager IC has a low noise of 1.89 Vrms and INL/DNL of 0.14/0.09 LSB, respectively.

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CalibrationCMOS thermal imagerComputer architectureDigital-to-analog converter (DAC)Integrated circuitsLinearityMicro-bolometerMicroprocessorsNETDThermal noiseVoltage measurementBolometersDigital to analog conversionInfrared detectorsBit inversionCommercial productsCurrent-mode dividersMicro-bolometersNoise equivalent temperature differenceStacking structuresStartup timeThermal imagersCMOS integrated circuits
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A 80x60 Micro-Bolometer CMOS Thermal Imager Integrated with a Low-Noise 12-Bit DAC
저자
Kim, Ki-DukPark, SeunghyunLee, ByunghunLee, Hyung-MinCho, Gyu-Hyeong
DOI
10.1109/TIE.2021.3109542
발행일
2022-08
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IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
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