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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Jehyuk Rhee, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Angelika Kononenko, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Christian M. Boemler, Lompoc, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a dual mode focal plane array having a background module including a first capacitor to integrate a first signal for a first amount of time, wherein the first signal comprises a background signal, and a signal module including a second capacitor to integrate a second signal for a second amount of time, wherein the second signal comprises a signal of interest and the background signal, wherein the first and second capacitors have impedance values in a first ratio, and wherein the first amount of time and the second amount of time define a second ratio corresponding to the first ratio.