Enhanced IR Detector ("nBn") Technology

Abstract

This effort investigates and improves a new barrier detector structure that makes Mid Wave Infrared Focal Plane Arrays (MWIR FPAs) easier and more affordable to manufacture and allows operation at higher temperatures resulting in much more affordable sensor systems and also significant reductions in Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) of system optics, housings and cryogenic coolers. In addition the barrier detector approach allows for very small pixel pitch (8 micron) enabling FPAs of very large format, 5000x5000 pixel, for persistent surveillance applications that were not possible prior to emergence of this barrier FPA technology.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
d937c6d00b277e964d641ceece913032

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

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