Beyond Omega: next-generation miniature infrared camera

Joseph Kostrzewa; William Terre; William Meyer

doi:10.1117/12.603875

31 May 2005 Beyond Omega: next-generation miniature infrared camera

Joseph Kostrzewa, William Terre, William Meyer

Proceedings Volume 5783, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXI; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603875
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Three years ago, Indigo Systems launched its Omega camera line, which to this day remains one of the world's smallest, lightest, lowest powered infrared cameras. The concept of a miniature thermal imager has proven very successful, and thousands of cores have been employed in a number of portable applications, including firefighting, unmanned vehicles, and handheld imagers. A common thread to these high-volume markets is their elasticity-lowering cost substantially enhances demand. Hence the motivation behind Indigo’s newest miniature camera, Photon. Photon is a product family of small and mid-format sensor engines (160x128, 320x128, 320x256) specifically optimized for low cost and high volume. While it shares many of Omega's positive benefits, including remarkably small size, weight, and power, several aspects of the design contribute to it being more affordable than its fore-runner even with four times as many pixels. This paper compares the Photon design to the Omega with particular focus on those aspects affecting manufacturability and cost.

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Joseph Kostrzewa, William Terre, and William Meyer "Beyond Omega: next-generation miniature infrared camera", Proc. SPIE 5783, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXI, (31 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603875

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