Patent · US Active

Time delay and integration scanning using a CCD imager

US9402042B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

19Claims

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Assignee

Thorlabs, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Martin Parker · Rochester, US
Jason Mills · Austin, US
Ash Prabala · Austin, US
Frank W. Armstrong · Rochester, US
Jeffrey Erickson · San Francisco, US
Gregory A. Havenga · Lakeway, US
Charles Taylor · Delray Beach, US
William Ratdke · Ellicott City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2013
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 23, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N25/713
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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