Self-packaged, flexible, bendable MEMS sensors and energy harvesters

HMA Hamid, Z Celik-Butler - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Desire to integrate electronic devices more closely into the everyday life of the consumer led
to the emergence of flexible devices, which can conform to any shape surface. These …

Amorphous silicon two-color microbolometer for uncooled IR detection

M Almasri, B Xu, J Castracane - IEEE Sensors journal, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the modeling and design of two-color microbolometers for uncooled
infrared (IR) detection. The goal is to develop a high resolution IR detector array that can …

CMOS compatible midinfrared wavelength-selective thermopile for high temperature applications

H Zhou, P Kropelnicki, C Lee - Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the design, fabrication, and testing of a CMOS compatible mid-infrared (mid-IR)
thermopile sensor comprising a stacked double layer thermopile and an interferometric …

Fabrication and characterization of integrated uncooled infrared sensor arrays using a-Si thin-film transistors as active elements

L Dong, R Yue, L Liu - Journal of microelectromechanical …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report on the first realization and characterization of monolithic uncooled
8/spl times/8 infrared sensor arrays, based on amorphous silicon thin-film transistors (a-Si …

Uncooled bolometer response of a low noise La2∕ 3Sr1∕ 3MnO3 thin film

L Méchin, JM Routoure, B Guillet, F Yang… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We report measurements of the optical responses of a La 2∕ 3 Sr 1∕ 3 Mn O 3 (LSMO)
sample at a wavelength of 533 nm in the 300–400 K range. At 335 K the temperature …

MEMS thermal imager with optical readout

CDW Jones, CA Bolle, R Ryf, ME Simon… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2009 - Elsevier
A cantilever-based uncooled IR imager was developed utilizing a novel optical readout
scheme based on inter-pixel interference. A series of small arrays (approximately 100× 100 …

SixGey: H-based micro-bolometers studied in the terahertz frequency range

A Kosarev, S Rumyantsev, M Moreno, A Torres… - Solid-state …, 2010 - Elsevier
SiGe-based bolometers originally designed for infrared operation have been tested as
detectors of terahertz radiation. The obtained values of the responsivity and noise equivalent …

High Responsivity Microbolometers

MM Rana, DP Butler - IEEE Sensors journal, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microbolometers of a-Si 0.15 Ge 0.85 O. 0.236: H were fabricated by radio frequency (RF)
magnetron sputtering. A sandwich layer of silicon nitride-silicon germanium oxide-silicon …

Metasurface based uncooled microbolometer with high fill factor

O Alkorjia, A Abdullah, A Koppula… - … Conference on Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design, fabrication, characterization, and noise reduction of
metasurface integrated uncooled infrared (IR) microbolometers. The metasurface allows the …

A device-level vacuum-packaging scheme for microbolometers on rigid and flexible substrates

A Mahmood, DP Butler, Z Celik-Butler - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the design, fabrication, and characterization of device-level vacuum-
packaged microbolometers on rigid Si wafers and flexible polyimide substrates …