Digital pixel readout IC is designed for HD reconnaissance
The Magnesium MIL RP0092 digital pixel readout IC (DPROIC) is available from Senseeker Engineering.
The Magnesium MIL RP0092 supports a 1280 x 720 frame size at up to 120 frames per second, with dual-polarity inputs to provide compatibility with all industry-standard direct-injection compatible detector materials.
The DPROIC was designed to provide high-definition dual-band imaging for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition applications. Digital pixel sensors disconnect well capacity from noise floor, to reduce noise and increase sensitivity for extremely high well capacities, which facilitates higher speed, higher precision and greater accuracy infra red imaging, reports Senseeker.
“This product is a result of the R&D investment that Senseeker has made in the field of digital pixel technology over several years,” declared Kenton Veeder, Senseeker Engineering’s president.
“The Magnesium MIL RP0092 . . . . can significantly improve the performance of infra red cameras for reconnaissance, surveillance, navigation through degraded visual environments and target acquisition,” he added.
The Magnesium MIL RP0092 was designed with a large well capacity (over 140 Me-) and digital pixels to handle a very wide dynamic range. It dynamic range makes it possible to capture distant ice-cold objects in the same frame in which hot targets are resolved, in what is claimed to be “unprecedented detail”. The digital pixel architecture shifts complexity from the analogue circuitry and allows for a more efficient design for size, weight, power consumption and cost (SWaP-C) optimization of the infra red imaging system.
The Magnesium MIL RP0092 is in production now. Senseeker Engineering says that the 12micron pitch, high dynamic range, dual-band digital pixel readout IC is restricted to customers who have approval from the US government.
Senseeker Engineering is a US transducer IC semiconductor company that specialises in the design of digital imaging sensors and readout ICs for hybrid infra red image sensing arrays. Senseeker says its products and IP enable designers to produce world class infra red image sensing solutions.
