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Pixel level vacuum packaging for single layer microbolometer detectors with on pixel lens

Journal of Electrical Engineering
Volume 73 (2022): Issue 3 (June 2022)
By: M. Yusuf Tanrikulu  
Open Access
|Jul 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632
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Language: English
Page range: 203 - 208
Submitted on: Jun 4, 2022
Published on: Jul 11, 2022
Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year
Keywords:
pixel level packaging,
lens on pixel,
single layer microbolometer
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