Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers

Armitage, Alistair; Benjamin, Kenneth; Setiadi, D; Weller, H; Binnie, David

Abstract

This paper describes a programme of work intended to develop inexpensive infrared imagers. The technology is based on the pyroelectric effect in the polymer PVDF, and a copolymer of VDF and TrFE. Early work used films of the polymer on simple ceramic substrates. While this continues to be a useful approach, the use of silicon integrated circuit substrates provides possibilities of amplification as close as possible to the signal source. Several integrated circuits have been fabricated and tested, and some results are presented for these. A brief description is also provided of the thermal and electrical modelling.

Citation

Armitage, A., Benjamin, K., Setiadi, D., Weller, H., & Binnie, D. (1997, September). Infrared sensing using pyroelectric polymers. Presented at 8th Conference on Sensors and their Applications, Glasgow, Scotland

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 8th Conference on Sensors and their Applications
• Start Date: Sep 7, 1997
• End Date: Sep 10, 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2010
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 297-302
• Book Title: Sensors & their Applications VIII
• ISBN: 750304219
• Keywords: infrared imagers; pyroelectric effect; polymer PVDF; copolymer of VDF and TrFE; amplification; silicon integrated circuit substrates
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3214
• Contract Date: Jul 29, 2010