Standard GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors(QWIP)have been seriously considered as atechnological choice for the 3^(rd) generation of thermal imagers in the long wave infrared band(LWIR)for some time.Alt...Standard GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors(QWIP)have been seriously considered as atechnological choice for the 3^(rd) generation of thermal imagers in the long wave infrared band(LWIR)for some time.Alternative technology like MCT(HgCdTe)was the technology choice of the 2^(nd) generation because of its high quantum efficiency.In the paper,measurements on the QWIP technology will be presented and a comparison with alternative technology will be done.展开更多
A new Dark Current Suppression (DCS) CMOS readout circuits for large format Quantum-Well-Infrared Photo-detector (QWIP) Focal-Plane-Array (FPA) with novel CorrelatedDouble-Sampling (CDS) structure based on dynamic sou...A new Dark Current Suppression (DCS) CMOS readout circuits for large format Quantum-Well-Infrared Photo-detector (QWIP) Focal-Plane-Array (FPA) with novel CorrelatedDouble-Sampling (CDS) structure based on dynamic source-follower are proposed, which can overcome the drawbacks of the present techniques, such as sensitive to the non-uniformity of the QWIP materials, poor readout noise features, low frame frequency, limited injection efficiency and dynamic range, etc. The dummy is adopted to realize dark current suppression, while the integration time. Through the novel CDS structure, the output waveform is boxcar, and the frame frequency is increased. Simulation results demonstrate that, in high background sense, the proposed DCS circuit can suppress the dark current, achieve good readout performance, such as low power consumption, high charge sensitivity, high resolution, large dynamic range, and insensitive to the non-uniformity of the QWIP materials.展开更多
A p-type quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) integrated with a light-emitting diode (LED) (named QWIP-LED) was fabricated and studied. The infrared photo-response spectrum was obtained from the device resistanc...A p-type quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) integrated with a light-emitting diode (LED) (named QWIP-LED) was fabricated and studied. The infrared photo-response spectrum was obtained from the device resistance variation and the near-infrared photo-emission intensity variation. A good agreement between these two spectra was observed, which demonstrates that the long-wavelength infrared radiation around 7.5 μm has been transferred to the near-infrared light at 0.8 μm by the photo-electronic process in the QWIP-LED structure. Moreover, the experimentally observed infrared response wavelength is in good agreement with the theoretical calculation value of 7.7 μm. The results on the upconversion of the infrared radiation will be very useful for the new infrared focal plane array technology.展开更多
The design and measurement of a snap-shot mode cryogenic readout circuit（ROIC） for GaAs/AlGaAs QWIP FPAs was reported.CTIA input circuits with pixei level built-in electronic injection transistors were proposed to t...The design and measurement of a snap-shot mode cryogenic readout circuit（ROIC） for GaAs/AlGaAs QWIP FPAs was reported.CTIA input circuits with pixei level built-in electronic injection transistors were proposed to test the chip before assembly with a detector array.Design optimization techniques for cryogenic and low power are analyzed.An experimental ROIC chip of a 128×128 array was fabricated in 0.35μm CMOS technology.Measurements showed that the ROIC could operate at 77 K with low power dissipation of 35 mW.The chip has a pixel charge capacity of 2.57×10^6 electrons and transimpedance of 1.4×10^7Ω.Measurements showed that the transimpedance non-uniformity was less than 5%with a 10 MHz readout speed and a 3.3 V supply voltage.展开更多
The relative coupling efficiency of two-dimensional （2D） grating based on surface plasmon for very long wavelength quantum well infrared detector is analyzed by using the three-dimensional finite-difference time dom...The relative coupling efficiency of two-dimensional （2D） grating based on surface plasmon for very long wavelength quantum well infrared detector is analyzed by using the three-dimensional finite-difference time domain （3D-FDTD） method algorithm. The relative coupling efficiency with respect to the grating parameters, such as grating pitch, duty ratio, and grating thickness, is analyzed. The calculated results show that the relative coupling efficiency would reach the largest value for the 14.5μm incident infrared light when taking the grating pitch as 4.4 μm, the duty ratio as 0.325, and the grating thickness as 0.07 μm, respectively.展开更多
文摘Standard GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors(QWIP)have been seriously considered as atechnological choice for the 3^(rd) generation of thermal imagers in the long wave infrared band(LWIR)for some time.Alternative technology like MCT(HgCdTe)was the technology choice of the 2^(nd) generation because of its high quantum efficiency.In the paper,measurements on the QWIP technology will be presented and a comparison with alternative technology will be done.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60077025)
文摘A new Dark Current Suppression (DCS) CMOS readout circuits for large format Quantum-Well-Infrared Photo-detector (QWIP) Focal-Plane-Array (FPA) with novel CorrelatedDouble-Sampling (CDS) structure based on dynamic source-follower are proposed, which can overcome the drawbacks of the present techniques, such as sensitive to the non-uniformity of the QWIP materials, poor readout noise features, low frame frequency, limited injection efficiency and dynamic range, etc. The dummy is adopted to realize dark current suppression, while the integration time. Through the novel CDS structure, the output waveform is boxcar, and the frame frequency is increased. Simulation results demonstrate that, in high background sense, the proposed DCS circuit can suppress the dark current, achieve good readout performance, such as low power consumption, high charge sensitivity, high resolution, large dynamic range, and insensitive to the non-uniformity of the QWIP materials.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10234040 & 60476040) the Key Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee of China (Grant No. 02DJ14066)+1 种基金 Shanghai Special Fund for Informationization (Grant No. 2003010) the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB619004).
文摘A p-type quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) integrated with a light-emitting diode (LED) (named QWIP-LED) was fabricated and studied. The infrared photo-response spectrum was obtained from the device resistance variation and the near-infrared photo-emission intensity variation. A good agreement between these two spectra was observed, which demonstrates that the long-wavelength infrared radiation around 7.5 μm has been transferred to the near-infrared light at 0.8 μm by the photo-electronic process in the QWIP-LED structure. Moreover, the experimentally observed infrared response wavelength is in good agreement with the theoretical calculation value of 7.7 μm. The results on the upconversion of the infrared radiation will be very useful for the new infrared focal plane array technology.
文摘The design and measurement of a snap-shot mode cryogenic readout circuit（ROIC） for GaAs/AlGaAs QWIP FPAs was reported.CTIA input circuits with pixei level built-in electronic injection transistors were proposed to test the chip before assembly with a detector array.Design optimization techniques for cryogenic and low power are analyzed.An experimental ROIC chip of a 128×128 array was fabricated in 0.35μm CMOS technology.Measurements showed that the ROIC could operate at 77 K with low power dissipation of 35 mW.The chip has a pixel charge capacity of 2.57×10^6 electrons and transimpedance of 1.4×10^7Ω.Measurements showed that the transimpedance non-uniformity was less than 5%with a 10 MHz readout speed and a 3.3 V supply voltage.
基金Acknowledgement This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. U1304608, the Outstanding Youth Funding of Henan Polytechnic University under Grant No. J2013-05, and Program for Innovative Research Team of Henan Polytechnic University under Grant No. T2015-3.
文摘The relative coupling efficiency of two-dimensional （2D） grating based on surface plasmon for very long wavelength quantum well infrared detector is analyzed by using the three-dimensional finite-difference time domain （3D-FDTD） method algorithm. The relative coupling efficiency with respect to the grating parameters, such as grating pitch, duty ratio, and grating thickness, is analyzed. The calculated results show that the relative coupling efficiency would reach the largest value for the 14.5μm incident infrared light when taking the grating pitch as 4.4 μm, the duty ratio as 0.325, and the grating thickness as 0.07 μm, respectively.
