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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ (US);
Martin Parker, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Mills, Austin, TX (US);
Ash Prabala, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Armstrong, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey Erickson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gregory Havenga, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Taylor, Johnson City, TX (US);
William Ratdke, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a focal plane array in a Time Delay Integration (TDI) mode, the method including: shifting a number of rows during TDI integration, wherein the number of rows shifted is less than a total number of rows of the focal plane array; and reading out a number of rows equal to the total number of rows of the focal plane array minus the number of rows shifted, leaving behind the partially-integrated rows.