Patent AT-E400802-T1: [Translated] MICROBOLOMETER MATRIX WITH TRANSIENT SUPPRESSION

An infrared sensory array comprising a substrate (302); na plurality of sensor elements (220) fixed relative to the substrate (302) and arranged into a number of rows (338) and columns (342); neach row (338) having a corresponding row read line (368); neach sensor element (322) connected between a supply (376) and a corresponding row read line (368) through a column select switch (306), the column select switch (306) being controlled by a corresponding column select signal; na read output line (372); neach of the row read lines (368) selectively connected to the read output line (372) through a corresponding row select switch (360); each row select switch (360) being controlled by a corresponding row select signal; nthe read output line (372) coupled to an amplifier (374); and na controller for controlling the row select signals and the column select signals such that the sensor elements in a selected row (338) are selected and read in succession from a first sensor element (322) to a last sensor element before the sensor elements in a next row (336) are selected and read, the controller selecting the first sensor element (322) in each row for a longer period of time than another sensor element in the same row.