Time-Resolved Thermoreflectance Imaging for Thermal Testing and Analysis

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuaki Yazawa ◽  
Dustin Kendig ◽  
Ali Shakouri
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Emission ◽  
Dynamic Imaging ◽  
Thermal Testing ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Microelectronic Devices ◽  
Lock In

Abstract High speed, time-resolved, thermoreflectance imaging is a novel way to locate defects or regions of potential failures in microelectronic devices. This paper reports on our thermoreflectance technique for dynamic imaging of circuit temperature distributions. This transient imaging method is based on a precise electrical lock-in technique with image processing similar to an old fashioned animation movie. An ordinal shutter speed camera is used in conjunction with an illumination LED that is pulsed for sampling the temperature distribution. This paper presents the method and gives a description of the system hardware. A theoretical comparison to lock-in thermography, which is based on infrared emission imaging, will be given. Limitations of thermoreflectance and the driving factors for spatial and time resolution will be discussed. Finally, we highlight and provide examples of near infrared (NIR) wavelength imaging, to enable both through-silicon thermal imaging and emission imaging in the same system. The combination of these two techniques is expected to enable hotspot temperatures and any anomalous emission sites to be correlated, hopefully leading to a better understanding of the nature of the defect.

scholarly journals Thermographic Camera Use in Brake Oriented Friction Materials Tests / Użycie Kamery Termowizyjnej w Badaniach Hamulcowych Materiałów Ciernych

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Skorupka
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Friction Pair ◽  
Infrared Emission ◽  
Contactless Measurement ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Friction Materials ◽  
Certification Testing ◽  
Contactless Testing ◽  
Thermographic Camera ◽  
Infrared Cameras

Abstract Friction brake temperature due to its influence on brakes’ operation is subject to many test and studies. Measurements methods of this important brake parameter are being continuously developed. In order to withstand difficulty in temperature evaluation in full brake system as well as in isolated friction pair is use of contactless measurement methods. Currently, the most widespread contactless testing method of the thermal effects is to measure infrared emission by pyrometers or thermographic (infrared) cameras. Thermal imaging method wasn’t used so far during aviation brake materials usefulness evaluation and certification testing performed in Instytut Lotnictwa Landing Gear Laboratory. In this paper, author described performed friction materials tests which were recorded with thermal imaging camera as well as evaluated usefulness of the method by comparing its accuracy to thermocouple measurement.

High Speed Micro Holographic PIV Measurements of Microorganisms

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zarzecki ◽  
F. J. Diez
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Field ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fourier Transforms ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Feeding Methods ◽  
Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Three Components

Holographic particle image velocimetry (PIV) is a novel application of holography that allows for tracking of small particle sized objects in a small volume. Whereas regular PIV allows for the two in-plane components of the velocity field to be measured, and stereoscopic PIV allows for the three-components of the velocity field to be measured in a thin plane, holographic PIV allows for the three-components of the velocity to be measured for each individual particle present in the measuring volume, thus allowing to fully resolve fluid flows that are inherently 3D in nature. There are many examples of three dimensional flows in nature including turbulence flows, but another very interesting application very well suited for this technique involves tracking living microorganisms in order to study their motion and their means of propulsion. As part of this research a micro organism was tracked in three dimensions using a high speed microscopic holographic imaging method. The ability to track organisms in 3D allows better understanding and characterizing of their behavior including their propulsion methods, their feeding methods and their interaction with each other. The time resolved holograms were reconstructed in Matlab using Fast Fourier Transforms. A laser pointer was used as a source of coherent light, and a high speed PIV camera (Photron APX Ultima) was used to capture the images. A beam expander was used to increase the diameter of the laser beam allowing for a larger tracking area. Results with this system will show the trajectories in 3D of microorganisms as well as the three components of the velocity field showing the interaction of the organisms with their environment.

scholarly journals In vitro and in vivo phasor analysis of stoichiometry and pharmacokinetics using near-infrared dyes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sez-Jade Chen ◽  
Nattawut Sinsuebphon ◽  
Alena Rudkouskaya ◽  
Margarida Barroso ◽  
Xavier Intes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Optical Tomography ◽  
Dynamic Imaging ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Phasor Analysis

1AbstractWe introduce a simple new approach for time-resolved multiplexed analysis of complex systems using near-infrared (NIR) dyes, applicable to in vitro and in vivo studies. We first show that fast and precise in vitro quantification of NIR fluorophores lifetime and stoichiometry can be done using phasor analysis, a computationally efficient and user-friendly representation of complex fluorescence intensity decays obtained with pulsed laser excitation. We apply this approach to the study of binding equilibria by Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET), using two different model systems: primary/secondary antibody binding in vitro and ligand/receptor binding in cell cultures. We then extend our demonstration to dynamic imaging of the pharmacokinetics of transferrin binding to the transferrin receptor in live mice, elucidating the kinetic of differential transferrin accumulation in specific organs, straightforwardly differentiating specific from non-specific binding. Our method, implemented in a freely-available software package, has all the advantages of time-resolved NIR imaging, including better tissue penetration and background-free imaging, but simplifies and considerably speeds up data processing and interpretation, while remaining quantitative. These advances make this method attractive and of broad applicability for in vitro and in vivo molecular imaging, and could be extended to applications as diverse as image guided-surgery or optical tomography.

Research on finite element analysis of the infrared grating lock-in thermal imaging method

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Qu ◽  
Feng Wang ◽  
Luxian Li ◽  
Weixu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Detection Frequency ◽  
The Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Nondestructive Testing Methods ◽  
Lock In

Infrared grating lock-in thermal test is a kind of infrared nondestructive testing methods with the combination of grating incentive and infrared lock-in thermal technology. This method is adopted to realize the vertical crack detecting inside the components. There is no related research up to now by using a grating which changes according to sine rule to the defects detection. In this paper, the numerical simulation of this method is carried out, and the finite element analysis process is introduced in detail. Results show that the choice of appropriate detection frequency and level speed is the key for the infrared grating lock-in method to detect. Our study verifies the feasibility of effective detection for superficial cracks in the film.

Multiple phase transitions investigated by high-speed TEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-551
Author(s):  
Oleg Bostanjoglo ◽  
Peter Thomsen-Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Short Exposure ◽  
Semiconductor Film ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Short Exposure Time ◽  
Multiple Phase ◽  
Model Substance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Electron Image

Thin GexTe1-x (x = 0.15-0.8) were studied as a model substance of a composite semiconductor film, in addition being of interest for optical storage material. Two complementary modes of time-resolved TEM were used to trace the phase transitions, induced by an attached Q-switched (50 ns FWHM) and frequency doubled (532 nm) Nd:YAG laser. The laser radiation was focused onto the specimen within the TEM to a 20 μm spot (FWHM). Discrete intermediate states were visualized by short-exposure time doubleframe imaging /1,2/. The full history of a transformation was gained by tracking the electron image intensity with photomultiplier and storage oscilloscopes (space/time resolution 100 nm/3 ns) /3/. In order to avoid radiation damage by the probing electron beam to detector and specimen, the beam is pulsed in this continuous mode of time-resolved TEM,too.Short events ( <2 μs) are followed by illuminating with an extended single electron pulse (fig. 1c)

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) – a promising brain imaging method in Psychiatry?

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Fallgatter ◽  
AC Ehlis ◽  
MM Richter ◽  
M Schecklmann ◽  
MM Plichta
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Brain Imaging ◽  
Near Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Imaging Method
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