1. Antenna-Coupled MOSFET Bolometers for Uncooled THz Sensing
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Corcos, Dan, Kaminski, Noam, Shumaker, Evgeny, Markish, Ofer, Elad, Danny, Morf, Thomas, Drechsler, Ute, Silatsa Saha, Winnie Tatiana, Kull, Lukas, Wood, Ken, Pfeiffer, Ullrich R., and Grzyb, Janusz
- Abstract
In this paper, we present a comprehensive study on the operation of an antenna-coupled THz bolometer based on a micro-machined SOI-CMOS thermal sensor. The pixels are designed to operate at room temperature in vacuum. We focus on a new planar skirt antenna, which combines high sensitivity within a 0.6–1.2 THz band and 30
HPBW. We present an overview of the design considerations, as well as the characterization results which were obtained with both broadband and CW THz sources. The NEP of the pixel is of the order of 25 pW/Hz$^{\circ}$ $^{1/2}$ - Published
- 2015
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