Megapixel digital InSb detector for midwave infrared imaging

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Shkedy, Lior ^a   Markovitz, Tuvy ^a   Calahorra, Zipora ^a   Hirsh, Itay ^a   Shtrichman, Itay ^a  

^a SCD Semiconductor Devices Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

detector Dewar cooler; focal plane array; infrared fetector; InSb; modulation transfer function; readout integrated circuit

Indexed keywords

A/D CONVERSION; A/D CONVERTER; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; CLOSED CYCLE; COLD SHIELD; DIGITAL READOUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOCAL PLANE; FULLY INTEGRATED; HIGH POWER CONSUMPTION; INSB; INSB DETECTOR; JOULE-THOMSON COOLERS; LARGE FORMAT; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; LOW POWER; LOW-SIZE; M-TECHNOLOGIES; MANUFACTURABILITY; MEGA-PIXEL; MID-WAVE IR; MIDWAVE INFRARED; NONUNIFORMITY; NONUNIFORMITY CORRECTION; ON CHIPS; OPEN LOOPS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PIXEL SIZE; READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPECTRAL FILTERS; STIRLING; SYSTEM LEVELS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; COOLING SYSTEMS; DEWARS; DIGITAL DEVICES; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; INFRARED RADIATION; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

DETECTORS;

EID: 81755178961     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3572163     Document Type: Article

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