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Thermal Resolution Analysis of Lock-in Infrared Microscope

위상잠금 열영상 현미경의 온도분해능 분석

  • 김기석 (한국기초과학지원연구원 첨단장비개발사업단) ;
  • 이계승 (한국기초과학지원연구원 첨단장비개발사업단) ;
  • 김건희 (한국기초과학지원연구원 첨단장비개발사업단) ;
  • 허환 (한국기초과학지원연구원 첨단장비개발사업단) ;
  • 김동익 (한국과학기술원 스마트 IT 융합시스템연구단) ;
  • 장기수 (한국기초과학지원연구원 첨단장비개발사업단)
  • Received : 2014.09.23
  • Accepted : 2014.10.29
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

In this study, we analyzed and showed the enhanced thermal resolution of a lock-in infrared thermography system by employing a blackbody system and micro-register sample. The noise level or thermal resolution of an infrared camera system is usually expressed by a noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD), which is the mean square of the deviation of the different values measured for one pixel from its mean values obtained in successive measurements. However, for lock-in thermography, a more convenient quantity in the phase-independent temperature modulation amplitude can be acquired. On the basis of results, it was observed that the NETD or thermal resolution of the lock-in thermography system was significantly enhanced, which we consider to have been caused by the averaging and filtering effects of the lock-in technique.

본 연구에서는 기존의 열영상 측정 장치에 비해 위상잠금기법을 채용한 열영상 측정 장치의 온도분해능이 얼마나 향상될 수 있는지를 평가하기 위해 흑체시스템과 마이크로 레지스터 시편을 이용한 실험을 수행하여 개선된 온도분해능을 확인하였다. 일반적으로 적외선 열영상 측정 장치의 노이즈 수준 또는 온도분해능은 연속적으로 측정된 열영상의 픽셀별 온도의 평균과 각각의 측정값의 편차에 대한 제곱의 평균으로 정의되는 잡음등가온도차(noise equivalent temperature difference, NETD)라는 척도를 이용하여 평가되고 있다. 하지만 위상잠금 열영상 기법을 적용하면 더욱 편리한 방법을 이용할 수 있는데 이는 측정된 열영상 신호의 위상과는 무관한 온도의 진폭에 관한 정보를 이용하는 것이다. 연구결과를 통해 알 수 있듯이, 위상잠금 기법을 적용하게 되면 측정된 신호의 온도분해능 성능을 보여주는 잡음등가온도차가 크게 향상되었으며 이는 위상잠금기법이 내부적으로 수행하는 평균화 작업과 필터링 기능 때문인 것으로 판단되고 있다.

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