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Focal plane array processing method and apparatus

US9491389B2 · kind B2 · utility

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38References

5Claims

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Michael W. Kelly · Joliet, US
Brian Tyrrell · Central Falls, US
Curtis Colonero · Shrewsbury, US
Robert Berger · Lexington, US
Kenneth Schultz · Lexington, US
James Wey · Arlington, US
Daniel Mooney · Dracut, US
Lawrence M. Candell · Arlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 2014
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2005/91364
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital focal plane array includes an all-digital readout integrated circuit in combination with a detector array. The readout circuit includes unit cell electronics, orthogonal transfer structures, and data handling structures. The unit cell electronics include an analog to digital converter. Orthogonal transfer structures enable the orthogonal transfer of data among the unit cells. Data handling structures may be configured to operate the digital focal plane array as a data encryptor/decipherer. Data encrypted and deciphered by the digital focal plane array need not be image data.

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