SBIR/STTR Research Award
Thin Film Resistive Bolometer Semiconductor Materials Development for Uncooled Applications
Award amount
$61,543Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Infrared Components Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
"Amorphous Silicon Microbolometers show great promise as a low cost, high performance thermal imaging technology. Their commercial effectiveness can be limited by the time required to attain long term resistance stability. This SBIR is intended to developa better understanding of the effects of processing on resistivity metastability over time. Realization of a low cost, high performance microbolometer based upon amorphous silicon will be an important factor in establishing broad applications for thermalimaging technology in a variety of market applications. Potential commercial applications of the technology include firefighting, commercial vehicle navigation aides, medical sensing, surveillance and avionics markets."
Technology keywords
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