Last developments in small, low-weight, and low-power IR cooled detectors

Frédéric Pistone; Laurent Rubaldo; Yann Reibel; Michel Vuillermet; Philippe Tribolet

doi:10.1117/12.868526

28 October 2010 Last developments in small, low-weight, and low-power IR cooled detectors

Frédéric Pistone, Laurent Rubaldo, Yann Reibel, Michel Vuillermet, Philippe Tribolet

Proceedings Volume 7834, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications VII; 78340N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868526
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

HgCdTe (Mercury Cadmium Telluride / MCT) staring arrays for infrared detection do show constant improvements regarding their compactness and performances. Among the new detectors, the family of 15 μm pixel pitch detectors is offering a mid-TV format (384 x 288), a TV format (640 x 512) and a HD-TV format (1280 x 1024). Each detector is available in a SWaP configuration (meaning dedicated to applications requiring low Size, Weight and Power) Thanks to recent improvements and new technological breakthrough, the MCT technology allows operating detectors at higher temperature, in order to save power consumption at system level. In parallel, the 15μm pitch permits to reach challenging density and spatial resolution. These Focal Plane Arrays (FPA) are proposed in different tactical dewars, corresponding to various systems solutions.

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Frédéric Pistone, Laurent Rubaldo, Yann Reibel, Michel Vuillermet, and Philippe Tribolet "Last developments in small, low-weight, and low-power IR cooled detectors", Proc. SPIE 7834, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications VII, 78340N (28 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868526

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