United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of Nasa

Dominic J Benford

Edward J Wollack

Ari D Brown

Thomas P Flatley

Semion Kizhner

James A Chervenak

Katherine R Heinzen

Maxime Pinchinat

An apparatus for ultrasensitive long-wave imaging cameras is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a filter configured to allow high frequencies of interest to pass through the filter. The apparatus also includes an antenna that is configured to receive the high frequencies of interest. The apparatus further includes a plurality of bolometers that are configured to measure data regarding the high frequencies of interest.

Apparatus for ultrasensitive long-wave imaging cameras

An improved method for correcting for noise in the digital domain is disclosed. Reference pixel fast-varying components are extracted using a Hilbert-Huang Transform Real-Time Data Processing System (HHT-DPS-RT). The reference pixels are non-photon-detecting pixels in a sensor array. The fast-varying components of the reference pixels are processed in addition to the average over the remaining trend, facilitating additional noise correction for active pixels.

Reducing sensor and readout circuitry noise in digital domain using reference pixels

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Dominic J Benford