Innovations in optics, focal plane arrays (FPA), microelectronics and image processing have revolutionized infrared camera design. Infrared detectors coupled with nanostructures are expected to subvert the traditional intensity detectors and advance to the multi-dimensional and data cube detectors. Photon trapping technology is expected to decrease the intrinsic dark current, broaden the response band, increase the QE and increase the working temperature. High density FPAs result to novel wide field-of-view small SWaP broadband infrared camera architecture. Digital-pixel focal plane for real-time digital image processing enable the intelligent chips. This paper highlights sensors with nanostructure coupled FPA, photo trapping FPAs, high density FPAs and digital-pixel FPAs.
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