Advances in 2nd generation, ultra-low power CMOS active pixel sensor imagers for remote sensing, star tracking, optical comm and low-cost solar array/antenna boom deployment metrology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4540, Issue , 2001, Pages 278-287

  Stirbl, Robert ^a   Pain, Bedabrata ^a   Cunningham, Thomas ^a   Hancock, Bruce ^a   Sun, Chao ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Heynssens, Julie ^a   Wrigley, Chris ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

"Camera on a chip"; Active pixel sensor; APS; Deployment monitor; Lasercom; Star tracker; Sun sensor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0035764197     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450670     Document Type: Article

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