Radiant energy – Infrared-to-visible imaging – Including means for scanning field of view
Patent
1994-09-06
1995-08-01
Fields, Carolyn E.
Radiant energy
Infrared-to-visible imaging
Including means for scanning field of view
2503384, 25037008, H01L 3100
Patent
active
054381991
ABSTRACT:
A thermal imaging apparatus including a non-linear optomechanical scanner receiving radiation from a scene and directing it onto an image plane, the scanner defining a non-linear scan velocity in the image plane, a SPRITE detector disposed in the image plane including a first and second spaced contact and including apparatus for applying a bias voltage across the contacts in both directions thereby compensating for the non-linearity of the scanner and further taking into account the phase lag due to the detector and associated electronic circuitry and apparatus for filtering out the bias voltage from the output of the detector so that the output signal consists only of the signal due to photon flux.
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Agam Uri
Nicholson Gary
Allied-Signal Inc.
Fields Carolyn E.
Glick Edward J.
Kreger, Jr. Verne E.
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