History of resistor array infrared projectors: Hindsight is always 100% operability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5785, Issue , 2005, Pages 208-224

  Williams, Owen M ^a   Goldsmith II, George C ^b   Stockbridge, Robert G ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic infrared scene projection; Emitter arrays; Resistor arrays

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC INFRARED SCENE PROJECTION; EMITTER ARRAYS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; RESISTOR ARRAYS;

ARRAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DEVICES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESISTORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

OPTICAL PROJECTORS;

EID: 26844576313     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.605513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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