Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Continuously integrating digital pixel imager
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Application No.: US16424779Application Date: 2019-05-29
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Publication No.: US11483506B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Neil R. Malone , Michael J. Batinica
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An imaging device includes an image detector that includes an array of digital pixels, each digital pixel including an output that provides a digital pixel output pulse each time a charge stored in the digital pixel exceeds a threshold and a readout integrated circuit (ROIC) connected to the output of each of the digital pixels to receive the digital pixel output pulse from each pixel, the ROIC including a plurality of accumulators, each of the plurality of accumulators associated with a respective digital pixel. The imaging device also includes a controller that reads the accumulators to determine a number of digital pixel output pulses stored by the accumulators without stopping the generation of digital pixel output pulses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200382732A1 CONTINUOUSLY INTEGRATING DIGITAL PIXEL IMAGER Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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