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ELECTROMAGNETIC BASED THERMAL SENSING AND IMAGING INCORPORATING STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES FOR THz DETECTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC BASED THERMAL SENSING AND IMAGING INCORPORATING STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES FOR THz DETECTION
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机译:基于电磁的热感测和成像结合的叠层半导体结构,用于太赫兹检测
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A novel pixel circuit and multi-dimensional array for receiving and detecting black body radiation in the SWIR, MWIR or LWIR frequency bands. An electromagnetic thermal sensor and imaging system is provided based on the treatment of thermal radiation as an electromagnetic wave. The thermal sensor and imager functions essentially as an electromagnetic power sensor/receiver, operating in the SWIR (200-375 THz), MWIR (60-100 THz), or LWIR (21-38 THz) frequency bands. The thermal pixel circuit of the invention is used to construct thermal imaging arrays, such as 1D, 2D and stereoscopic arrays. Various pixel circuit embodiments are provided including balanced and unbalanced, biased and unbiased and current and voltage sensing topologies. The pixel circuit and corresponding imaging arrays are constructed on a monolithic semiconductor substrate using in a stacked topology. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure provides rectification of the received signal at high terahertz frequencies.
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