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Uncooled Infrared Cameras and Detectors Thermography and Vision Markets

2010 – 2015

MEMS Micro-Bolometers Drive Growth

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Report Contents (1/2) • Table of content

• Glossary

• Companies quoted in this report

• Definitions

• Market research scope and methodology

• Executive Summary p8

• Noteworthy News 2010 & 2009

• Overview of IR detection technologies p28 – IR technologies wavelength segmentation

– Infrared imaging functions

– IR detection functions : vision enhancement, thermography

– Infrared wavelength, functions and markets

– IR detectors technologies Cooled and uncooled

– IR Detectors : Two approaches -Thermal & Quantum IR detection

– IR Detectors classification & corresponding materials

– Technologies vs. wavelength vs. players

– Players & technologies for uncooled IR imagers

– Conclusions on IR technologies

• IR uncooled camera market analysis p45 – Uncooled IR cameras 2015 for market forecast in value ($M) and in units

– Uncooled IR camera business models and trends

– Main IR cameras manufacturers positionning

– Uncooled IR cameras players and trends

– Camera pricing evolution

– Comparison with CMOS image sensor evolution

– IR camera and microbolometer vision for 2020

• Thermography markets p55 – Thermography camera market 2015 forecast in revenues and number of units

– Thermal imaging camera categories

– Thermal imaging camera market players and 2009 market share

– Predictive maintenance (electrical, mechanical)

– Building inspection

– Other thermography applications

– Thermal imaging camera sales mix and pricing (2009)

– Applications per type of products (Breakdown in revenues, 2009)

– Positioning of main IR cameras manufacturers products range

– IR camera manufacturers positionning

– Portable test & measurement market : strong synergies with thermal imaging

market

– FLIR thermography segmentation evolution

– IR thermography cameras supply-Chain

– Main thermography trends for 2015

• vision enhancement commercial markets p72 – vision enhancement camera 2015 forecast in revenues and in units

– IR vision enhancement cameras (without automotive) supply-Chain

– Surveillance CCTV : Big CCTV players are adopting the thermal IR technology

– Surveillance CCTV

– Maritime

– Fire fighting

– Automotive vision enhancement

– IR automotive vision enhancement cameras supply-Chain

– Automotive vision enhancement : NIR vs FIR detection

– Some luxury car models with vision enhancement

– NIR Driver Assistance System(Bosch example)

– Automotive vision enhancement trends : toward pedestrian safety systems

– Two major European R&D projects for IR vision enhancement system enhancement (NVE)

– Automotive vision – Adose/Bosch project FIR & NIR complementary visions

– Conclusion on Automotive vision enhancement

– Automotive – Airbag Passenger presence detection (PPD)

– Other vision enhancements applications

• IR detectors /microbolometers market analysis p95 – Uncooled IR detectors : Microbolometer is the leading technology

– Microbolometer market 2015 forecast in value ($) and in units

– Microbolometer production sites

– Current microbolometer players : a concentrated market

– Microbolometer manufacturers 2009 market shares in units

– Current microbolometer manufacturers products line : higher resolution as a “Holy Graal”

– 2009 market estimation by detector format

– Microbolometer main formats per markets

– Microbolometers : pixels size and format trends

– IR microbolometers price decrease

– aSi and Silicon based microbolometer market drivers

– Microbolometer European new comers

– The Sweden IR detector cluster

– Current microbolometer players : geographical production breakdown

– New microbolometers manufacturers products line : Array size & pitch size

– New comers time to market

– a-Si microbolometer technology roadmaps

– Uncooled IR camera price breakdown

– IR microbolometer supply chain with peripheric players

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Report Contents (2/2)

• Microbolometers description p116 – Quantum (cooled) vs. Thermal detector

– What are microbolometers

– Microbolometer roadmap

– Microbolometers principle

– VOx microbolometer pixel array : FLIR Systems Indigo from Extech i5 Infrared

Camera

– VOx Microbolometer Technology history

– a-Si vs. VOx

– Ulis/Leti collaborative roadmap

– Microbolometer technology process flow

– New approach by Sensonor Process flow

– New approach by Bosch

• Microbolometers technical evolution p134 – Technical evolutions for microbolometers

– Major technical developments per players

– Microbolometer WLP/WLO & monolithic ROIC players roadmap

– Simplified optics & WLO

– Simplified optics & Wafer Level Optics (WLO)

What is Wafer Level Optics (example from the CIS industry)

source SUSS MicroTEC

– Simplified optics & WLO

WLO from ICU project

– New pixel materials

– New pixel materials : Mitsubishi example

– New pixel materials : Why QW SiGe/Ge

– Main technical develoments per players : 3D Integration

– 3D Integration : Example of loophole configuration

FLIR Systems Indigo from Extech i5 Infrared Camera

– 3D Integration 3D ROIC / loophole: the different approaches

– New Approach from Fraunhofer IMS

Monocrystalline Diode Bolometer made by low temperature direct wafer bonding

– 3D Integration

3D IC Integration of Si/SiGe IR Bolometers with ROIC

– Packaging : Required hermeticity for micro bolometer

– Packaging : Wafer Scale Packaging

– Packaging : Pixel-level WLP

– Microbolometers testing

– Example of test results

– Conclusions on the microbolometers technical evolutions

• Conclusions p159

• Appendixes – Uncooled IR players

• Company profiles p166 – Main IR cameras manufacturers positionning

– FLIR systems (US)

– L3 communication profile

– UFPA merchant supplier : Ulis

– NEC Avio

– SCD

– Fluke profile (US)

– Testo profile (DE)

– IRISYS (UK)

– SATIR Europe (IR)

• Uncooled IR detector technologies P177

Other approaches – Nanobolometer from Tyndall

– Low cost microbolometer at Mikrosistemler Ltd.

– Thermopiles arrays

– Thermopiles FPAs

– Ferroelectric BST (Barium Strontium Titanate) FPAs

– microcantilever (Multispectral Imaging, now Agiltron)

– Photo emission approach by Agiltron

– Photo emission approach by Sirica

– RedShift Systems (out of business since end 2009)

– Quantum films by InVisage Technologies (NIR only)

• Yole Développement p200

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Definitions

• An infrared thermal camera is a thermal system which converts infrared

(IR) radiation into a visible image.

• Main parts of an IR camera :

Camera Camera core (with electronics and

IR window)

Detectors (Uncooled Focal

Plane Array - UFPA)

Pixel (each

sensor – retina –

has 1 000s of

pixels)

• Cores are the modules that include detectors + optics + electronics

• Detectors are called UFPA (Uncooled Focal Plane Arrays) or IR sensors.

• A detector can have various formats (1024 x 640 to 47 x 47) and pixel

pitch (usually from 17µ to 40µ in 2010)

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Scope and Methodology

• Market research scope

– The report surveys the Long Wave Infrared (called LWIR or FIR) uncooled camera and detector markets. Highest growth applications for the future are in the commercial business, hence the report has focused on this field.

– An overview of the Near Infrared (NIR), Short Wave Infrared (SWIR), and medium wave infrared (MWIR) technologies and markets is also presented.

– The report does not detail military applications.

• Methodology:

– This research has been prepared based on :

• Primary information sources : direct interviews with companies all along the value chain (detector manufacturers, camera manufacturers, camera distributors, final users).

• Secondary information sources : conferences, web sites, newsletters....

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IR Technologies wavelength segmentation

• Infrared technology spectrum ranges from NIR to LWIR wavelengths. Each part of

the spectrum provides different information and target different markets :

– NIR (Near IR) : active vision enhancement (need a NIR light source)

– SWIR (Short Wave IR) – MWIR (Medium Wave IR) : active vision enhancement, material

analysis

– LWIR (Long Wave IR) called also FIR (Far IR) : Thermography and passive vision

enhancement (no need for light source)

0.72 µ 1.4 µ 5.6 µ 10 µ 1000 µ

NIR MWIR LWIR Far IR

3 µ 8 µ 14 µ

SWIR

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Thermography Markets

Predictive maintenance Building inspection

Other thermography applications : R&D, medical, process control,

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Vision Enhancement commercial markets

Fire Fighting

Security & surveillance Automotive

Military and others

Maritime

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Thermography & Vision

Enhancement Forecast

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

$M

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IR Cameras key manufacturers’ positioning

Thermography Commercial vision

enhancement

Military vision

enhancement

Military companies

Thermography companies

Generalist

camera

companies

Vision specialists

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Uncooled IR Detectors

microbolometer is the leading technology

• It is expected that microbolometers will be even more dominant in the future thanks

to new market entrant with microbolometer technologies.

• Alternative detector technologies have failed for the moment (Redshift abandon) and

will not likely catch up with the microbolometer

95%

5%

Uncooled IR detectors technologies sales breakdown 2010

Microbolometers (VOx and aSi)

Other detectors technologies (BST, thermopiles)

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Technical Evolution

ROIC

At the integration level:

• Integration technology

• 3D TSV

• Loophole

• New functions integrated by software (temperature compensation,

one-point temperature measurement)

At the pixel level: • Pixel size reduction

• New materials (than

VOx, aSi)

• New design

At the IR optics level: • Polyethylene window

• Wafer Level Optics

At the packaging level: • Wafer Level Packaging

• Pixel level packaging

ROIC pads

Retina

Technical evolution for microbolometers are at 4 different levels: IR optics, packaging/ROIC

integration and at the pixel level.

Main motivations are to reduce cost and to increase integration.