A method of fabricating uncooled thermally sensitive sandwich structur
es based on amorphous hydrated silicon films is discussed and experime
ntal results are reported. The structures have an area of 10(-4) cm(2)
, a resistance of congruent to 10 k Ohm, and a temperature coefficient
of resistance similar or equal to 2%/K. At 30 Hz and a current of sim
ilar or equal to 1 mu A, the excess noise exceeds the thermal resistan
ce noise by a factor of 1.7. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [
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