  A new kind of bolometric architecture has been successfully developed for the
PACS photometer onboard the Herschel submillimeter observatory. These new
generation CCD-like arrays are buttable and enable the conception of large
fully sampled focal planes. We present a feasibility study of the adaptation of
these bolometer arrays to ground-based submillimeter telescopes. We have
developed an electro-thermal numerical model to simulate the performances of
the bolometers under specific ground-based conditions (different wavelengths
and background powers for example). This simulation permits to determine the
optimal parameters for each condition and shows that the bolometers can be
background limited in each transmission window between 200 and 450 microns. We
also present a new optical system that enables to have a maximum absorption of
the bolometer in each atmospheric windows. The description of this system and
measurements are showed.
