Technical overview of the UL3 uncooled cameras

Jeffery L. Heath; Glenn T. Kincaid; James T. Woolaway II; William J. Parrish; Dieter Lohrmann; Gwendolyn W. Newsome; Adrian Inosecu; John Monson; Christopher J. Rau; Philip E. Howard; Chuan C. Li

doi:10.1117/12.357124

30 July 1999 Technical overview of the UL3 uncooled cameras

Jeffery L. Heath, Glenn T. Kincaid, James T. Woolaway II, William J. Parrish, Dieter Lohrmann, Gwendolyn W. Newsome, Adrian Inosecu, John Monson, Christopher J. Rau, Philip E. Howard, Chuan C. Li

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Proceedings Volume 3713, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357124
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the UL3 camera system based on the advanced 160 X 128 uncooled micro-bolometer FPA. The UL3 camera takes advantage of the patented bias equalization FPA performance techniques to produce the world's smallest IR camera. The UL3 camera weights less than 2.3 ounces, uses less than 600 mW of power, and has overall dimensions of 3 cm X 3 cm X 6 cm. The architectures feature an approach that integrates the required system functions on ASICs and FPGAs rather than including discrete components and microprocessors.

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Jeffery L. Heath, Glenn T. Kincaid, James T. Woolaway II, William J. Parrish, Dieter Lohrmann, Gwendolyn W. Newsome, Adrian Inosecu, John Monson, Christopher J. Rau, Philip E. Howard, and Chuan C. Li "Technical overview of the UL3 uncooled cameras", Proc. SPIE 3713, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications, (30 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357124

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