What does thermoelectric mean?
TICs detectors that are thermoelectric in nature detect heat by changing each pixels resistance. Microbolometers are examples of thermoelectric detectors. What is MRTD? MRTD stands for Minimum Resolvable Termal Difference. This is a relatively inaccurate measurement of the smallest temperature difference that a thermal imaging camera can detect. What is NETD? NETD stands for Noise-Equivalent Temperature Difference. This is a measurement of the smallest temperature difference that a thermal imaging camera can detect in the presence of electronic circuit noise for a particular lens f-number. What is dynamic range? Dynamic range is the range of temperature variance that a TIC can see without saturating. A microbolometer has a much larger dynamic range (e.g., 360º F or 200º C) when compared to a BST which has a much smaller dynamic range (e.g., 45º F or 25º C). This allows the microbolometer to demonstrate gradients of gray in environments (generally at higher temperatures) where BST senso
