Quantitative study of high dynamic range sigma delta-based focal plane array architectures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5406, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 341-350

  Kavusi, Sam ^a   Kakavand, Hossein ^a   El Gamal, Abbas ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

High dynamic range; IR focal plane array; ROIC; Sigma delta, extended counting; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED COUNTING; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; IR FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; ROIC; SIGMA-DELTA; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTEGRATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SAMPLING; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

READOUT SYSTEMS;

EID: 10044258657     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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