RVS uncooled sensor development for tactical applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6940, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Black, S ^a   Ray, M ^a   Hewitt, C ^a   Wyles, R ^a   Gordon, E ^a   Almada, K ^a   Baur, S ^a   Kuiken, M ^a   Chi, D ^a   Sessler, T ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athermal; FPA; Microbolometer; Uncooled

Indexed keywords

ATHERMAL; DYNAMIC RANGE (DR); ELECTRONICS ARCHITECTURE; IMPROVED PERFORMANCE; INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES; LOW POWERS; SENSOR DESIGNS; SENSOR DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL NOISE; UNCOOLED; UNIT CELL SIZE;

EID: 45549093906     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.786615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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