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A technique which allows the measurement of detector embedding impedance has been developed. By using a bismuth microbolometer as a variable resistance load the impedance of one element in a bow-tie antenna array operating at 94GHz was inferred. The technique is frequency insensitive, and could be used throughout the far-infrared.
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Supported by the Department of Energy contract DE-AM03-765F-00010 Task IIA; Army Research Office contract DAAG29-82-K-0165; and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory through Dr. M. Litvak.
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Neikirk, D.P., Rutledge, D.B. Far-infrared embedding impedance measurements. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 5, 1017–1026 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01009590
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