A THz Receiver with Novel Features and Functionality

The presented THz receiver is based on an antenna coupled titanium micro-bolometer. A new geometrical design improves the robustness and extends the lifetime of the sensor. A study of sensor lifetime using different biasing currents is presented. The lifetime was verified by several tests and over 1...

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Autores principales: Sešek, Aleksander, Berčan, Damjan, Gradišek, Miha, Švigelj, Andrej, Trontelj, Janez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30404168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113793
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author Sešek, Aleksander
Berčan, Damjan
Gradišek, Miha
Švigelj, Andrej
Trontelj, Janez
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Berčan, Damjan
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description The presented THz receiver is based on an antenna coupled titanium micro-bolometer. A new geometrical design improves the robustness and extends the lifetime of the sensor. A study of sensor lifetime using different biasing currents is presented. The lifetime was verified by several tests and over 1000 operating hours. A new micro-bolometer sensitivity measurement algorithm is presented in the paper and measurement results using the proposed algorithm are shown. The new algorithm was developed to be suitable for ATM production testing. In the paper, a novel feature called “sensitivity boosting” is described, together with its influence on sensitivity and lifetime.
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spelling pubmed-62637132018-12-12 A THz Receiver with Novel Features and Functionality Sešek, Aleksander Berčan, Damjan Gradišek, Miha Švigelj, Andrej Trontelj, Janez Sensors (Basel) Article The presented THz receiver is based on an antenna coupled titanium micro-bolometer. A new geometrical design improves the robustness and extends the lifetime of the sensor. A study of sensor lifetime using different biasing currents is presented. The lifetime was verified by several tests and over 1000 operating hours. A new micro-bolometer sensitivity measurement algorithm is presented in the paper and measurement results using the proposed algorithm are shown. The new algorithm was developed to be suitable for ATM production testing. In the paper, a novel feature called “sensitivity boosting” is described, together with its influence on sensitivity and lifetime. MDPI 2018-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6263713/ /pubmed/30404168 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113793 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30404168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18113793
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