Irvine Sensors - 3D Smart Sensor

 

Irvine Sensors is currently undertaking integration and testing of a 3D smart sensor that incorporates a commercially available 160 120 detector (Infra Red indium antimonide detectors) as shown in Figure  [31]. An illustrative schematic of the 3D smart sensor is shown in Figure .

  
Figure: Irvine's 3D smart sensor.

  
Figure: An illustrative drawing of Irvine 3D smart sensor.

The system specifications are

• Each custom IC contains 80 channels of analog-to-digital conversion
• Gain correction
• Offset correction
• Every channel supports 60 pixels of the detector array
• A low power consumption of 125 mW when operating at a 60 Hz frame rate at a cryogenic temperature of 80 K
• Provides a digital output level between 0 and 1 Volts to reduce power consumption
• High noise immunity
• Scalable to more than 1024 1024 on a single hybrid assembly.

The applications of the designed system include:

• Video imaging
• Infrared imaging systems
• Surveillance systems.