LIST OF FREE Good references ON PYROELECTRIC DETECTORS

Dias-Infrared, GmbH website.

1. Basics pyroelectric infrared detectors (pdf).

2. Handling precautions for pyroelectric detectors (pdf).

3. Circuit examples (pdf).

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Micro-Hybrid, GmbH website.

You may order your first pyroelectric detector, thermopile detector or thermal infrared emitter from Micro-Hybrid, GmbH right now by visiting their website.

Laser Components website.

You may order your first pyroelectric detector or thermal infrared emitter from Laser Components, GmbH right now by visiting their website.

Excelitas Technologies Corp. website. 

1. Infrared Sensing Solutions (catalog) (pdf).

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Gentec-EO website.

You may order your first pyroelectric detector from Gentec-EO right now by following contacts.

Kube, AG website.

1. List of documentation.

You may order your first pyroelectric detector from Kube, AG right now by following contacts.

InfraTec, GmbH website.

Application notes from InfraTec, GmbH.

1. Basics (pdf).

2. Integrated amplification (pdf).

3. Temperature behavior (pdf).

4. Microphonic effect (pdf).

5. Circuit suggestion (pdf).

6. Handling recommendations (pdf).

Here is the list of InfraTec's super-amazing 3D-video demonstrations of pyroelectric detectors.

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Broadcom, Inc. website.

1. Capnography using pyroelectric detectors (pdf).

2. Flame detection using pyroelectric detectors (pdf).

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Silverlight, Ltd. (Eltec's worldwide distributor) website.

1. Introduction to Pyroelectric Detectors. Datanote 100 (pdf).

2. Basic information for choosing and using pyroelectric detectors. Datanote 101 (pdf).

3. Comparison of performance data of various models. Datanote 121 (pdf).

4. Frequency Dependency. Datanote 102 (pdf).

5. Detector Area. Datanote 103 (pdf).

6. Apparent Output Drift. Datanote 116 (pdf).

7. Vibration Sensitivity. Datanote 131 (pdf).

8. Laser Applications. Datanote 109 (pdf).

9. Laser Detector Specs and Testing. Datanote 117 (pdf).

10. Laser Pulse Detection. Datanote 134 (pdf).

11. Laser Positioning. Datanote 134a (pdf).

12. How Gas Detection Works. Datanote 125 (pdf).

13. Schematic for flame detection amplifier. Datanote 136 (pdf).

14. Various test results and comments on flame and CO2 detection. Datanotes 114 and 132 (pdf).

15. Passive Infrared Technology for Security Systems and Law Enforcement. Datanote 110 (pdf).

16. Achieving High Reliability in Passive Infrared Intruder Alarms with Lithium Tantalate Pyroelectric Detectors. Datanote 104 (pdf).

17. Electromagnetic Shielding of Infrared Systems (RFI Protection). Datanote 105 (pdf).

18. Schematic for Motion Detector. Datanote 107 (pdf).

19. Wavelength Shift vs Angle. Datanote (?) (pdf).

20. High Megohm Thick Film Chip Resistor. Datanote 111 (pdf).

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Eltec Instruments, Inc. website.

1. Introduction to Infrared Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 100 (pdf).

2. Choosing and Using Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 101 (pdf).

3. Frequency Dependency in Pyroelectric Detectors Incorporating a Voltage Follower. ELTECdata 102 (pdf).

4. The Influence of Detector Active Area on Sensitivity and Noise Output of Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 103 (pdf).

5. Achieving High Reliability in Passive Infrared Intruder Alarms with Lithium Tantalate Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 104 (pdf).

6. Laser Detection with Lithium Tantalate Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 109 (pdf).

7. High Megohm Thick Film Chip Resistors. ELTECdata 111 (pdf).

8. Flame Detection/Study/Monitoring with Lithium Tantalate Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 114 (pdf).

9. Notes on Apparent Temporal Baseline Shifts from Pyroelectric Detectors. ELTECdata 116 (pdf).

10. Capacitance of ELTEC Thick Film Resistors. ELTECdata 122 (pdf).

11. Some Notes on Conditional - and Other Factors Relative to the Evaluation of Eltec Passive Infrared Telescopes for Outdoor Intrusion Detection. ELTECdata 126 (pdf).

12. ELTEC Testing of High Megohm Thick Film Resistors. ELTECdata 129 (pdf).

13. Laser Pulse Detection: The Tradeoff between Pulse Resolution and Responsivity. ELTECdata 134 (pdf).

14. Detector Amplifier Optimized for Flame Detection Frequencies. ELTECdata 136 (pdf).

15. Computing the Relationship of Pyroelectric Detector Output to Gas Concentration. ELTECdata 138 (pdf).

16. Passive Infrared Intruder/Vehicle Sensors - Outdoors/Severe Environments: Commercial Products (COTS). ELTECdata 147 (pdf).

17. Detector Optical Filter Information and Cosmetic Guidelines. ELTECdata 160 (pdf).

18. ELTEC NDIR Filter Applications. ELTECdata 162 (pdf).

19. Handling and Storage of ELTEC Detectors with Coated Filters. ELTECdata 164 (pdf).

Heimann Sensor, GmbH website.

You may order your first thermopile detector and infrared lamb bulb sources from Heimann Sensor, right now by following contacts.

Axetris, AG website.

You may order your first thermal infrared emitter from Axetris, AG right now by following contacts.

Helioworks, Inc. website.

You may order your first thermal infrared emitter from Helioworks, Inc. right now by following contacts.

Scitec Instruments, Ltd. website.

You may order your first pyroelectric detector, thermal infrared emitter and the other photonics-related things from Scitec Instruments, Ltd. right now by following contacts.

You may order your first pyroelectric detector or teraohm resistor from Eltec Instruments, Inc. right now by following contacts.

1. A thesis submitted to The University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences by Spyros Efthymiou, Manchester, 2012.

Modelling of Pyroelectric Detectors and Detection by Digital Signal Processing Algorithms.

References on noise.

1. Analog Devices. MT-047 TUTORIAL. Op Amp Noise.

2. Texas Instruments. Noise Analysis in Operational Amplifier Circuits. Application Report.

3. Renesas. Operational Amplifiers. Noise Calculations of Op-Amp Circuits. Application Note.

4. Chapter 10. Op Amp Noise Theory and Applications by Bruce Carter.

5. Analog Devices.

6. Texas Instruments. Understanding Op Amp Noise in Audio Circuits. Application Report.

7. Operational Amplifiers. Chapter 9. 

8. Analog Devices. Noise and Operational Amplifier Circuits. Application Note.

9. Analog Devices. Minimization of Noise in Operational Amplifier Applications. Application Note.

10. Renesas. Operational Amplifier Noise Prediction. Application Note.