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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Allen W Hairston, Andover, MA (US);
Daniel P Lacroix, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H01L 27/14649 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for enabling an approximation of true snapshot integration by lowering total power requirements, total detector bias current, integrated charge per detector and detector impedance while allowing for higher ROIC input noise through the use of microbolometer photodetectors, super-pixels, and techniques for their use are herein provided.