The present invention separates radiation from an object by a polarization filter 3 into polarized light beams, causes one of the beams to enter a spectrum analyzer 7 through a first optical path, causes the other to enter the spectrum analyzer 7 through a second optical path, and measures the two-color ratio, while causes radiation of a blackbody 2 placed in a vacuum ultralow temperature thermostatic chamber 1 in a quasi-thermal equilibrium state at an ultralow temperature in vacuo to enter the polarization filter 3 through a third optical path, separates the radiation into polarized light beams, causes the beams to each enter the same optical paths as the respective optical paths for the radiation of the object, causes the beams to enter the spectrum analyzer 7, measures the two-color ratio, and accurately obtains the temperature of the object on the basis of these two two-color ratios.

A method and system for calibrating temperature measurement devices, such as pyrometers, in thermal processing chambers are disclosed. According to the present invention, the system includes a calibrating light source that emits light energy onto a substrate contained in the thermal processing chamber. A light detector then detects the amount of light that is being transmitted through the substrate. The amount of detected light energy is then used to calibrate a temperature measurement device that is used in the system.

A warm shield as part of a thermal imaging system comprising a reflecting surface having a convex curvature that when positioned relative to an opening of a thermal imaging system, thermal energy originating from the opening of the thermal imaging system incident on the convex curvature is reflected in a direction away from the opening of the thermal imaging system. An aperture can be formed in the reflecting surface and positioned to facilitate passage therethrough of external thermal energy in a direction towards a detector of the thermal imaging system, and passage of at least some of the thermal energy originating from within the thermal imaging system in a direction away from the thermal imaging system.

A method of collecting radiation information of a turbine blade, the method including: 1) collecting a radiated light from the surface of the turbine blade, analyzing the radiated light using a spectrometer to calculate compositions and corresponding concentrations of combustion gas; 2) calculating an absorption coefficient of the combustion gas at different concentrations; 3) calculating a total absorption rate of the combustion gas at different radiation wavelengths under different concentrations of component gases; 4) obtaining a relationship between the radiation and a wavelength; 5) finding at least 3 bands with a least gas absorption rate; 6) calculating a distance between a wavelength of a strongest radiation point of the turbine blade and the center wavelength, and selecting three central wavelengths closest to the wavelength with the strongest radiation; and 7) acquiring radiation data of the turbine blade in the windows obtained in 6).

A thermal infrared sensor array in a wafer-level package includes at least one infrared-sensitive pixel produced using silicon micro mechanics, comprising a heat-isolating cavity in a silicon substrate surrounded by a silicon edge, and a thin membrane connected to the silicone edge by of thin beams. The cavity extends through the silicon substrate to the membrane, and there are slots between the membrane, the beams and the silicon edge. A plurality of infrared-sensitive individual pixels are arranged in lines or arrays and are designed in a CMOS stack in a dielectric layer, forming the membrane, and are arranged between at least one cover wafer which is designed in the form of a cap and has a cavity and a base wafer. The cover wafer, the silicon substrate and the base wafer are connected to one another in a vacuum-tight manner and enclosing a gas vacuum.

A chip for radiation measurements, the chip comprising a first substrate comprising a first sensor and a second sensor. The chip moreover comprises a second substrate comprising a first cavity and a second cavity both with oblique walls. An internal layer is present on the inside of the second cavity. The second substrate is sealed to the first substrate with the cavities on the inside such that the first cavity is above the first sensor and the second cavity is above the second sensor.

An infrared sensor assembly for sensing infrared radiation comprises infrared sensing elements and the infrared sensing compensation elements that are different so that, for a same flux on the infrared sensing elements and the infrared sensing compensation elements, the radiation responsive element of the infrared sensing elements absorbs more radiation than the radiation responsive element of the infrared sensing compensation elements, as to receive substantially more radiation than the radiation responsive element of the infrared sensing compensation elements. An output of the sensor array is a subtractive function of a sum of the signals of the plurality of infrared sensing elements and a sum of the signals of the plurality of the infrared sensing compensation elements such that at least linear and/or non-linear parasitic thermal fluxes are at least partly compensated for.

Infrared (IR) temperature measurement and stabilization systems, and methods related thereto are provided. One or more embodiments passively stabilizes temperatures of objects in proximity and within the path between an infrared (IR) sensor and target object. An overmolded sensor assembly may include an IR sensor, which may include a sensing element or IR element and a circuit or signal processor. The IR element may be thermally bonded with a frame or conductive top hat.

This document describes techniques for, and systems that enable, in-ear health monitoring. The techniques described herein enable early detection of health conditions (e.g., contagious disease) through use of an in-ear health-monitoring and audio device. These techniques prompt a user, often through the user's smart phone, to listen to audio content through the device, which also takes the user's temperature. Through repetitive use, the techniques are capable of determining a temperature differential for the user, which aids in early detection of a contagious disease or other malady.

The invention relates to a UV light sensor produced in a CMOS method, comprising a substrate that has a surface, one or more sensor elements that detect radiation and are designed in said substrate, at least one passivation layer arranged over said substrate surface, and a functional layer that is arranged over said passivation layer and designed in the form of at least one filter. The problem addressed by the invention of providing a UV light sensor which is sensitive exclusively within the UV wavelength range is solved, in terms of arrangement, by means of filters designed directly on a planar passivation layer, and stray light suppressing means around said at least one sensor element and/or around the UV light sensor. In terms of the method, the problem is solved by measuring two output signal from at least two photo diodes fitted with different filters, and by determining a mathematical relationship between the two output signals.