• DocumentCode
    2697460
  • Title

    Radiation heat transfer dominated microbolometers

  • Author

    Gawarikar, Anand S. ; Shea, Ryan P. ; Mehdaoui, Alexandre ; Talghader, Joseph J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    11-14 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    178
  • Lastpage
    179
  • Abstract
    Radiation heat transfer limited thermal conductance represents the ultimate lower limit of the thermal isolation achievable in a microbolometer. A microbolometer structure with radiation limited thermal conductance has been fabricated and its operation demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    bolometers; heat conduction; heat radiation; microsensors; microbolometers; radiation heat transfer; thermal conductance; thermal isolation; Bolometers; Electrical resistance measurement; Heat engines; Heat transfer; Leg; Resistance heating; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Thermal engineering; Thermal resistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMs and Nanophotonics, 2008 IEEE/LEOS Internationall Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Freiburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1917-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1918-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607887
  • Filename
    4607887