Abstract:
Thermal pattern sensor comprising several pixels located on a substrate, each pixel comprising a pyroelectric capacitor, the pyroelectric capacitor comprising a pyroelectric material located between two electrically conducting electrodes, the pyroelectric material comprising a sol-gel matrix in which first particles made of a first material and second particles made of a second material are dispersed. The first material being chosen from among calcium, lanthanum, tantalum, barium, lead and/or strontium oxides, the second material being chosen from among titanium, antimony, tin, zinc, gallium, vanadium and/or manganese oxides.
Abstract:
A flame detector includes a beam splitter to split mid-wave infrared radiation (MWIR) and long-wave infrared radiation (LWIR) into an MWIR component and an LWIR component. An MWIR detector detects the MWIR component and an LWIR detector detects the LWIR component. The flame detector analyzes the MWIR component to determine the presence of a flame and analyzes the LAIR component to determine whether the system is functioning properly.
Abstract:
A Method for producing a microsystem (1) with pixels includes: producing a thermal silicon oxide layer on the surface of a silicon wafer as a base layer (5) by oxidation of the silicon wafer; producing a silicon oxide thin layer on the base layer as a carrier layer (6)by thermal deposition; producing a platinum layer on the carrier layer by thermal deposition, whereby an intermediate product is produced; cooling the intermediate product to room temperature; pixel-like structuring of the platinum layer by removing surplus areas of the platinum layer, whereby bottom electrodes (8, 12) of the pixels (7, 8) are formed in pixel shape on the carrier layer in remaining areas; removing material on the side of the silicon wafer facing away from the base layer, so a frame (3) remains and a membrane (4) formed by the base layer and the carrier layer is spanned by the frame.
Abstract:
A motion sensor includes an infrared detector with a first set of detector elements and a second set of detector elements. The motion sensor also includes an optical system to direct electromagnetic energy from a first set of monitored volumes spaced at a pitch in a first direction onto the first set of detector elements and to direct electromagnetic energy from a second set of monitored volumes spaced at the pitch in the first direction onto the second set of detector elements. The second set of monitored volumes have an offset from the first set of monitored volumes in the first direction.
Abstract:
A passive infrared sensor system comprising: a direct current (DC) voltage source supplying a DC voltage; a passive infrared sensor supplied with the DC voltage, the passive infrared sensor comprising at least one sensor element; an alternating current (AC) voltage source supplying an AC voltage, the AC voltage source arranged to induce an alternating current to flow through said at least one sensor element; an amplifier arranged to amplify an output signal that is output from the passive infrared sensor to generate an amplified output signal; and a filter arranged to filter the amplified output signal to provide an output of the passive infrared sensor system, wherein the filter is configured to filter a frequency of the AC voltage.
Abstract:
A Method for producing a microsystem (1) with pixels includes: producing a thermal silicon oxide layer on the surface of a silicon wafer as a base layer (5) by oxidation of the silicon wafer; producing a silicon oxide thin layer on the base layer as a carrier layer (6)by thermal deposition; producing a platinum layer on the carrier layer by thermal deposition, whereby an intermediate product is produced; cooling the intermediate product to room temperature; pixel-like structuring of the platinum layer by removing surplus areas of the platinum layer, whereby bottom electrodes (8, 12) of the pixels (7, 8) are formed in pixel shape on the carrier layer in remaining areas; removing material on the side of the silicon wafer facing away from the base layer, so a frame (3) remains and a membrane (4) formed by the base layer and the carrier layer is spanned by the frame.
Abstract:
A multimodal and highly compact human presence detector that includes, on a same silicon chip made using CMOS technology, a first array of pixels, made sensitive to far-infrared radiation by depositing a pyroelectric layer, converting the received far-infrared radiation into electrical charges, juxtaposed with at least one second array of pixels sensitive to visible light, converting the received visible light into electrical charges, and a circuit for reading the charges generated in each of the arrays by the visible light or the far-infrared radiation, the detector further including, on top of the silicon chip, an optical element for focusing the far-infrared radiation on the first array, and an optical element for focusing the visible light on the second array.
Abstract:
A detection circuit includes a pyroelectric element, an amplifier circuit, a first switching element and a second switching element. The amplifier circuit includes a transistor in which a detection signal from the pyroelectric element is inputted to a gate. The first switching element interrupts an electric current that flows into the transistor. The second switching element interrupts a connection between the pyroelectric element and the gate of the transistor.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric conversion element includes a pair of electrodes and a pyroelectric material, which is a ferroelectric layer, sandwiched between the pair of electrodes. The pyroelectric material includes at least Bi (bismuth), La (lanthanum), and Fe (iron). The molar fraction of La in a Bi/La site in the crystal structure of the pyroelectric material is 0.15 or more and 0.20 or less. Such a thermoelectric conversion element, and a light detection device and electronic apparatus which include the thermoelectric conversion element have a good pyroelectric function without including Pb (lead).
Abstract:
If a pyroelectric sensor does not detect a heat source after it is determined that the heat source has moved outside a detection region of the pyroelectric sensor, an image processing apparatus is controlled to change from a first power state to a second power state. If the pyroelectric sensor does not detect a heat source before it is determined that the heat source has moved outside the detection region of the pyroelectric sensor, the first power state is stayed in.