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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Matthew Jonas, McKinney, TX (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a unit cell circuit comprising a photodetector, a first integration capacitor, a first input circuit configured to maintain charge on the integration capacitor corresponding to photo-current received from the photodetector during an integration period, a first comparator coupled to the first integration capacitor and configured to compare a first integration voltage across the first integration capacitor to a first threshold reference voltage, a register coupled to the first comparator, and a counter coupled to the register and configured to repeatedly increment a counter value over the integration period, wherein in response to determining that the first integration voltage is at a certain level in relation to the first threshold reference voltage, the first comparator is further configured to output a first output signal configured to control the register to latch the counter value of the counter.