A real time infrared scene simulator in CMOS/SOI MEMS

Author

Popp, Jeremy ; Offord, Bruce ; Bates, Richard L. ; Marlin, H. Ronald ; Hutchens, Chris ; Huang, Derek Yun Chih

Author_Institution

SPAWARSYSCEN, San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

43

Abstract

A 64×128 real-time infrared (RTIR) CMOS/SOI scene generation IC is presented. The RTIR IC offers real-time dynamic thermal scene generation. This system is a mixed mode design, with analog scene information written and stored into a thermal pixel array. The design presented utilizes micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) in conjunction with the 0.8 μm SPAWAR CMOS/SOI process to develop a RTIR IC scene generator

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; infrared detectors; infrared imaging; integrated circuit design; micromechanical devices; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; natural scenes; silicon-on-insulator; test equipment; 128 pixel; 64 pixel; 8192 pixel; CMOS/SOI MEMS; MEMS; RTIR IC; RTIR IC scene generator; SPAWAR CMOS/SOI process; Si-SiO₂; analog scene information; micro-electromechanical systems; mixed mode design; real time infrared scene simulator; real-time dynamic thermal scene generation; real-time infrared CMOS/SOI scene generation IC; thermal pixel array storage; Analog integrated circuits; CMOS process; Etching; Layout; Micromechanical devices; Real time systems; Resistors; Silicon; Switches; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SOI Conference, 2000 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Wakefield, MA

ISSN

1078-621X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6389-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOI.2000.892760

Filename

892760