High-frame-rate infrared and visible cameras for test range instrumentation

Joseph G. Ambrose; B. King; John R. Tower; Gary W. Hughes; Peter A. Levine; Thomas S. Villani; Benjamin J. Esposito; Timothy J. Davis; K. O'Mara; W. Sjursen; Nathaniel J. McCaffrey; Francis P. Pantuso

doi:10.1117/12.218236

8 September 1995 High-frame-rate infrared and visible cameras for test range instrumentation

Joseph G. Ambrose, B. King, John R. Tower, Gary W. Hughes, Peter A. Levine, Thomas S. Villani, Benjamin J. Esposito, Timothy J. Davis, K. O'Mara, W. Sjursen, Nathaniel J. McCaffrey, Francis P. Pantuso

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Proceedings Volume 2552, Infrared Technology XXI; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218236
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Field deployable, high frame rate camera systems have been developed to support the test and evaluation activities at the White Sands Missile Range. The infrared cameras employ a 640 by 480 format PtSi focal plane array (FPA). The visible cameras employ a 1024 by 1024 format backside illuminated CCD. The monolithic, MOS architecture of the PtSi FPA supports commandable frame rate, frame size, and integration time. The infrared cameras provide 3 - 5 micron thermal imaging in selectable modes from 30 Hz frame rate, 640 by 480 frame size, 33 ms integration time to 300 Hz frame rate, 133 by 142 frame size, 1 ms integration time. The infrared cameras employ a 500 mm, f/1.7 lens. Video outputs are 12-bit digital video and RS170 analog video with histogram-based contrast enhancement. The 1024 by 1024 format CCD has a 32-port, split-frame transfer architecture. The visible cameras exploit this architecture to provide selectable modes from 30 Hz frame rate, 1024 by 1024 frame size, 32 ms integration time to 300 Hz frame rate, 1024 by 1024 frame size (with 2:1 vertical binning), 0.5 ms integration time. The visible cameras employ a 500 mm, f/4 lens, with integration time controlled by an electro-optical shutter. Video outputs are RS170 analog video (512 by 480 pixels), and 12-bit digital video.

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Joseph G. Ambrose, B. King, John R. Tower, Gary W. Hughes, Peter A. Levine, Thomas S. Villani, Benjamin J. Esposito, Timothy J. Davis, K. O'Mara, W. Sjursen, Nathaniel J. McCaffrey, and Francis P. Pantuso "High-frame-rate infrared and visible cameras for test range instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 2552, Infrared Technology XXI, (8 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218236

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