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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher L Mears, Plano, TX (US);
Terence J Murphy, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ; G01J / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250332 ; 25037008 ;
Abstract
A staring focal plane architecture that utilizes a frame buffer to meet the requirements of multiple applications. The frame buffer can be implemented in the array unit cell or external to the unit cell. The frame buffer allows windowing or outputting subsections of the array. Multiple windows per frame can also be outputs. Other features such as electronic dezoom are also supported. The frame buffer allows a high degree of flexibility and in the case where the frame buffer is external to the cell high dynamic range.