Detector control and data acquisition with custom application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)

US10502622B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• USA as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · US

Inventors

• Brian S. Smith · Cardiff, GB
• Markus Loose · Thousand Oaks, US
• Atul Joshi · Jamkhed, IN
• Greg T. Alkire · Chester, US
• Daniel Kelly · Seattle, US
• Edward S. Cheng · Glenn Dale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N25/78
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) may provide strong signal integrity while reducing the load to a thermal system. Control and analog-to-digital conversion may be pushed into components close to the detector to maximize signal integrity. Processing functions may be performed at relatively high temperature, or the highest allowable temperatures, simplifying the system-level thermal design by not cooling components that do not require such cooling to function.