Application of molecular engineering techniques to infrared systems

This paper presents basic design details and concepts used when applying molecular engineering techniques to the development of a high-performance infrared subsystem using a mosaic detector. Some of the advantages of using mosaic detectors are discussed. In many aerospace applications the size, weight, reliability, and power consumption requirements of the redundant circuits required with a mosaic detector cannot be met with conventional components. New techniques were developed to obtain high-performance molecular circuits that were applied in a subsystem concept to demonstrate that mosaic subsystems were practical. Details of the individual circuits and the over-all subsystem are described.