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MICROBOLOMETRE [2 records]

Record 1 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Silicon microbolometer arrays are very sensitive to incident infrared radiation, yet have proved mechanically robust, being able to tolerate shocks of thousands of Gs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

Les microbolomètres en silice sont très sensibles au rayonnement infrarouge tout en étant mécaniquement très robustes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Honeywell's Sensor and System Development Center has been working on microbolometers since the early 1980s, and from the mid-1980s this effort was sponsored by classified contract from the US Advanced Research Agency and the US Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

Honeywell travaille sur les microbolomètres depuis le début des années 1980.

Spanish

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