Focal plane array design using IR-SIM software system

Glenn T. Hess; Thomas J. Sanders; Gwendolyn W. Newsome; Theodore Fischer

doi:10.1117/12.439143

10 September 2001 Focal plane array design using IR-SIM software system

Glenn T. Hess, Thomas J. Sanders, Gwendolyn W. Newsome, Theodore Fischer

Proceedings Volume 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439143
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Heterojunction HgCdTe detector chips are used in military and commercial focal plane array systems. These devices give improved performance because they are built with a wide bandgap semiconductor on top of a narrow bandgap semiconductor. Optimization FPA performance with heterojunction detectors has posed problems because many of the HgCdTe material parameters vary as a function of composition, temperature and doping concentrations. AET, with funding from the US Army Night Vision Labs, has developed a new simulator called IRSIM that automates the HgCdTe device analysis and design. This paper discusses the details of and operation of this simulator.

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Glenn T. Hess, Thomas J. Sanders, Gwendolyn W. Newsome, and Theodore Fischer "Focal plane array design using IR-SIM software system", Proc. SPIE 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII, (10 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439143

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