ULIS talks on new developments in VGA IR imaging sensors at SPIE Defense, Security & Sensing Conference 2011

April 18, 2011 defpro.com

Veurey-Voroize, France | ULIS, a manufacturer of high quality infrared imaging sensors for thermography, security, automotive and military applications, announced today that Jean-Luc Tissot, technical director of ULIS, will present: “VGA 17 micron development for compact, low power systems” at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing symposium, April 25 - 29, in Orlando, Florida. SPIE is the international society advancing optronics and light-based research.

System engineers designing lightweight thermal imaging equipment for military applications are delighted when they can use compact vision systems with higher spatial resolution and higher contrast, but also lower power consumption. An infantryman typically carries between 50lbs to 90lbs of gear. Batteries can be relatively heavy, so system designers try hard to lower the power consumption of devices.

Mr. Tissot will show that the results achieved from new developments in ULIS’ IR imaging sensors (uncooled microbolometers based on amorphous silicon technology), including new packaging techniques, will pave the way for more compact, low power imaging systems. A soon-to-be announced new VGA 17 micron IR imaging sensor from ULIS aims to address these needs.

“We are delighted to be presenting our latest developments in infrared imaging sensors at SPIE, and to have this opportunity to illustrate our increasingly expanding role in the defense and security area,” said technical director Jean-Luc Tissot. “ULIS, in collaboration with leading micro- and nanotechnology research center CEA-Leti, has accumulated a high level of expertise in uncooled microbolometers made from amorphous silicon technology. This enables us to develop video quality infrared imaging sensors in large format with 17 micron pixel pitch. We look forward to sharing the new levels of performance achieved in high spatial resolution, high sensitivity, wide electrical dynamic range, high uniformity, and high pixel operability with our colleagues in the defense, security and scientific community.”