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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael W. Kelly, North Reading, MA (US);
Brian Tyrrell, Brookline, NH (US);
Curtis Colonero, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Robert Berger, Lexington, MA (US);
Kenneth Schultz, Lexington, MA (US);
James Wey, Arlington, MA (US);
Daniel Mooney, Dracut, MA (US);
Lawrence M Candell, Arlington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A digital focal plane array includes an all-digital readout integrated circuit in combination with a detector array. The readout circuit includes unit cell electronics, orthogonal transfer structures, and data handling structures. The unit cell electronics include an analog to digital converter. Orthogonal transfer structures enable the orthogonal transfer of data among the unit cells. Data handling structures may be configured to operate the digital focal plane array as a data encryptor/decipherer. Data encrypted and deciphered by the digital focal plane array need not be image data.