Arvind I D'Souza - Anaheim CA, US Maryn G Stapelbroek - Santa Ana CA, US Larry C Dawson - Huntington Beach CA, US Dale E Molyneux - La Habra CA, US
Assignee:
DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Inc. - Cypress CA
International Classification:
G01J 5/22
US Classification:
250332, 2502081
Abstract:
An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels contains a plurality of interdigitated sub-detectors, where the sub-detectors are selectively operable to provide for collection of photogenerated minority charges representative of all or substantially all of the IR radiation absorbed by the detector array chip of the FPA imager.
Infrared Radiation Imager Having Sub-Pixelization And Detector Interdigitation
Arvind D'Souza - Anaheim CA, US Maryn Stapelbroek - Santa Ana CA, US Larry Dawson - Huntington Beach CA, US Dale Molyneux - La Habra CA, US
International Classification:
G01J 5/22
US Classification:
250332000
Abstract:
An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels contains a plurality of interdigitated sub-detectors, where the sub-detectors are selectively operable to provide for collection of photogenerated minority charges representative of all or substantially all of the IR radiation absorbed by the detector array chip of the FPA imager.