Research Article

Simulation and Analysis of Uncooled Microbolometer for Serial Readout Architecture

Table 1

Thermal parameters of the microbolometer.

ParameterValue

Microbolometer pixel area, (m2)
Microbolometer fill factor, (%)62
Microbolometer absorption coefficient, (%)92
Transmission of infrared optics, (%)98
Temperature contrast () (W/K m2)2.624
Thermal conductance, (W/K)
Thermal capacitance, (J/K)
Temperature coefficient of resistance, (%/K)
Thermal time constant, (ms)11.7