• DocumentCode
    1531116
  • Title

    Uncooled bimaterial cantilever for infrared detection based on resonant frequency tracking

  • Author

    Zhao Danqi ; Zhang Xia ; Liu Peng ; Yang Fang ; Zhang DaCheng

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Key Lab. of Sci. & Technol. on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    434
  • Lastpage
    438
  • Abstract
    A novel method of detecting infrared (IR) radiation by tracking resonant frequency of bimaterial resonant sensors is presented. A capacitive bimaterial resonant sensor (BRS) array consisting of 6×6 cells is fabricated by surface sacrificial layer process. The BRSs are packaged and tested not only by optical but also by electrical method. The results indicate that the BRSs exhibit a monotonic frequency response, which is in correspondence with the theoretical prediction by finite element method. The resonant frequency responsivity of the BRS is better than 363×Hz×K by electrical measurement.
  • Keywords
    cantilevers; finite element analysis; infrared detectors; BRS array; capacitive bimaterial resonant sensor; finite element method; infrared detection; monotonic frequency response; resonant frequency tracking; surface sacrificial layer process; uncooled bimaterial cantilever;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro & Nano Letters, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-0443
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/mnl.2012.0144
  • Filename
    6210972