Compact airborne staring FPA sensor with microscanning

John G. Sanders; William H. Wan; Van Harris; David Newton; George Tylinski; Mark Wolschon; Joseph J. Imamura

doi:10.1117/12.241958

10 June 1996 Compact airborne staring FPA sensor with microscanning

John G. Sanders, William H. Wan, Van Harris, David Newton, George Tylinski, Mark Wolschon, Joseph J. Imamura

Proceedings Volume 2743, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing VII; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241958
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

As staring focal plane array (FPA) detectors become more readily available, imaging IR sensors can be constructed in more compact packages that are lighter and consume less power than first or second generation scanning IR sensor packages. However, FPA detector-based imagers typically demonstrate reduced resolution when compared to scanning systems with similar instantaneous-field-of-view. This resolution limitation is created by a the active pixel size and the spatially synchronous scene sampling native to staring FPA systems. A technique called microscanning can be used to improve the resolution of staring systems by over-sampling the scene; moving the image of the scene on the detector in a controlled fashion. This paper presents a compact MWIR staring FPA airborne forward looking infrared sensor design using microscanning for resolution improvement.

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John G. Sanders, William H. Wan, Van Harris, David Newton, George Tylinski, Mark Wolschon, and Joseph J. Imamura "Compact airborne staring FPA sensor with microscanning", Proc. SPIE 2743, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing VII, (10 June 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241958

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