Improved characterization and evaluation measurements for HgCdTe detector materials, processes, and devices used on the GOES and TIROS satelites

Abstract

Improved Characterization and Evaluation Measurements for HgCdTe Detector Materials, Processes, and Devices Used on the GOES and TIROS Satellites U57 NO.^00-91 199^1 7he National Institute of Standards and Technology was established in 1988 by Congress to "assist industry in the development of technology . . . needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability . . . and to facilitate rapid commercialization ... of products based on new scientific discoveries."NIST, originally founded as the National Bureau of Standards in 1901, works to strengthen U.S. industry's competitiveness; advance science and engineering; and improve public health, safety, and the environment. One of the agency's basic functions is to develop, maintain, and retain custody of the national standards of measurement, and provide the means and methods for comparing standards used in science, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, industry, and education with the standards adopted or recognized by the Federal Government.

<title>Photovoltaic HgCdTe detectors for advanced GOES instruments</title>

“…Photovoltaic (PV) HgCdTe detectors2'9 offer many key system advantages over PC HgCdTe for [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] .tm detection in advanced remote sensing instruments: negligible 1/f noise, much higher impedance so that cold preamps or multiplexers are possible, backside-illuminated two-dimensional arrays of closely spaced elements, 1OX-100X better linearity, dc coupling for measuring the total incident photon flux, and a I2 higher BLIP D* limit. PV HgCdTe technology has advanced rapidly during the past 10 years as a result of massive investments by APRA, the DoD and industry for second generation hybrid Infrared Focal Plane Arrays (IRFPAs) for 8-10 .tm detection.…”