Advanced pixel design for infrared 3D LADAR imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6940, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Guellec, Fabrice ^a   Tchagaspanian, Michael ^a   De Borniol, Eric ^a   Castelein, Pierre ^a   Perez, André ^a   Rothman, Johan ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Active imaging; APD; Avalanche photodiode; HgCdTe; LADAR; LIDAR; ROIC; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER NETWORKS; FOCUSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTODIODES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SNOW; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; 3D LADAR; ACTIVE IMAGING; AVALANCHE PHOTO-DIODE (APD) ARRAYS; CMOS PROCESSING; ELECTRO OPTICAL (EO) PERFORMANCES; EXCESS NOISE FACTOR; FAST PULSE; FLASH LADAR; INFRARED (IR); INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (IRFPA); INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES; LAB CONDITIONS; LONG RANGE; NEW APPLICATIONS; PHOTODIODE ARRAY (PDA); PHOTODIODE DETECTORS; PIXEL ARCHITECTURES; PIXEL DESIGNS; PIXEL PITCHES; PROCESS VARIABILITY; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; TEST RESULTS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

PIXELS;

EID: 45549097075     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.779284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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