Pyroelectric detector arrays for thermal imaging

Abstract
The pyroelectric detector is well established as a very effective single-element infra-red detector operating at room temperature. This paper describes the development of linear arrays of detectors in which the detector elements and much of the circuitry required for their operation are in the same microelectronic package. To eliminate the effects of voltage offset variations in the pre-amplifiers a signal processing system has been developed which uses digital techniques.