Development of readout system for carbon nanotube based infrared detector

Author

Chen, Liangliang ; Xi, Ning ; Chen, Hongzhi ; Lai, King W C

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

230

Lastpage

234

Abstract

The emergence of carbon nanotube (CNT) based infrared (IR) detectors has welcomed new opportunities for IR detection for both military and civil applications. This led to research and development of high resolution CNT based IR imaging systems. In this paper, a differential input charge integrator current amplifier was designed to read the photocurrent of CNT based IR detectors. Also, all parts, including readout chip (ROIC), data acquisition card (DAQ card) and PC display, were discussed. With this technology, CNT based IR detector worked in zero bias by the differential input. Meanwhile, experiment tests on the CNT based IR sensors have shown that the least current being detected can reach to 20 pA in this readout system.

Keywords

amplifiers; carbon nanotubes; data acquisition; infrared detectors; readout electronics; C; CNT based IR detector photocurrent; IR detection; IR sensors; PC display; carbon nanotube based infrared detector; civil application; data acquisition card; differential input charge integrator current amplifier; high resolution CNT based IR imaging system; military application; readout chip; readout system development; Carbon nanotubes; Data acquisition; Detectors; Monitoring; Noise; Photoconductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8896-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NMDC.2010.5651900

Filename

5651900