Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2012 · 20 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsDetector TechnologyInfrared DetectorsInfrared InstrumentationPhotodetectorsCooled Infrared DetectorsDetector Readout ElectronicsInfrared PhotodetectorsPixel ArchitectureReadout Integrated Circuits
Recent developments at the Infrared Lab (LIR) of CEA, LETI have been concentrated on the pixel size reduction of uncooled infrared detectors. With the support from French company ULIS, we have successfully demonstrated the technological integration of 12μm pixels on a commercial TV-format read-out circuit (VGA-ROIC) supplied by ULIS. The 12μm pixel has been designed, processed and characterized in CEA, LETI and first results showed exceptional performances. This paper presents the characterization and associated imagery results.