MEMS based sun sensor on a chip

IEEE Conference on Control Applications - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1483-1487

  Mobasser, Sohrab ^a   Liebe, Carl Christian ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

APS; Attitude determination; Camera; MEMS; Spacecraft; Sun sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SILICON WAFERS; SPACECRAFT; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM BASED SUN SENSOR;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0344926471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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