Integrated microsystem for blue/UV detection

被引:7
作者
Pauchard, A [1 ]
Furrer, B [1 ]
Randjelovic, Z [1 ]
Rochas, A [1 ]
Manic, D [1 ]
Popovic, RS [1 ]
机构
[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Microsyst, EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
关键词
UV sensor; UV detection; flame detector; CMOS;
D O I
10.1016/S0924-4247(00)00332-0
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A fully integrated sensor microsystem for blue/ultraviolet (UV) radiation detection is presented. The photosensitive part includes a 1-mm(2) blue/UV-selective stripe-shaped photodiode, which has maximal response in the short-wavelength range. A 15-times smaller infrared (IR) photodiode is added to compensate the parasitic photocurrent generated by the blue/UV photodiode in the IR range. Thus, a very high ratio of the responsivities at 420 nm and 1 mu m of 1500 is achieved. A transimpedance amplifier with 1 G Omega feedback resistor followed by an inverter is integrated on the same silicon chip. The main features of the operational amplifier (op amp) are a low offset (< 0.5 mV) and fail-safe operation. This sensor has a maximal responsivity of 150 mV/nW at lambda = 420 nm, corresponding to 44% quantum efficiency. The system has a noise equivalent power of 5 x 10(-13) W. The 2.2 mm(2) microsystem is realized in a standard CMOS 0.5 mu m process without any post-processing step. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页码:99 / 105
页数:7
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