Infrared Response Characterization on the Microbolometer Device Design

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A surface micromachined uncooled microbolometer based on the amorphous silicon was designed, fabricated, and characterized. We designed the microbolometer with a pixel size of $44\times44{\mu}m^2$ and a fill factor of about 50 % ~ 70% by considering such important factors as the thermal conductance, thermal time constant, the temperature coefficient of resistance, and device resistance. Also, we successfully fabricated the microbolometer by using surface MEMS technology. Finally, we investigated responsivity and detectivity properties depends on the active area size.