公开(公告)号：US20190199945A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US15851223

申请日：2017-12-21

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： James A. Stobie ,  Michael J. Choiniere ,  R. Daniel McGrath

IPC: H04N5/345 ,  F41G7/22 ,  H04N5/33

Abstract: A seeker includes a detection array having at least 2500 sensing pixels arranged in rows by row request lines and in columns by column request lines. At least one pixel includes an electromagnetic radiation sensor to trigger the pixel in response to sensing a triggering quantity of electromagnetic radiation, a row request circuit to send a row request after the pixel triggers, and a column request circuit to send a column request after the pixel triggers. The seeker further includes a row receiver to receive the row requests, a column receiver to receive the column requests, and a sequencer to receive, for each triggering pixel, the row of the row request and the column of the column request, and to generate an event including the received row and column of the pixel. The seeker also includes a time stamper to generate a time stamp for the generated event.

公开(公告)号：US10827135B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US16199911

申请日：2018-11-26

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： James A. Stobie ,  R. Daniel McGrath

IPC: H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/3725 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H01L27/146

Abstract: A hybrid frame-based and event driven pixel, the pixel comprising a frame-based capture circuit, an event-driven capture circuit, and a photodiode in electrical communication with both the frame-based and event-driven capture circuits, wherein the frame based capture circuit is a buffered direct injection circuit, and wherein the event-driven capture circuit is a dynamic vision system circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20200169681A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16199870

申请日：2018-11-26

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： James A. Stobie ,  R. Daniel McGrath

IPC: H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/3725 ,  H04N5/05

Abstract: A hybrid frame-based and event driven pixel, the pixel comprising a frame-based capture circuit, an event-driven capture circuit, and a photodiode in electrical communication with both the frame-based and event-driven capture circuits, wherein the frame-based capture circuit is a capacitive transimpedance amplifier circuit, and wherein the event-driven capture circuit is a linear asynchronous event representation circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20200169675A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16199911

申请日：2018-11-26

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： James A. Stobie ,  R. Daniel McGrath

IPC: H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/3725

Abstract: A hybrid frame-based and event driven pixel, the pixel comprising a frame-based capture circuit, an event-driven capture circuit, and a photodiode in electrical communication with both the frame-based and event-driven capture circuits, wherein the frame based capture circuit is a buffered direct injection circuit, and wherein the event-driven capture circuit is a dynamic vision system circuit.

公开(公告)号：US11127868B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US15799138

申请日：2017-10-31

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Pierre-Alain S. Auroux ,  Louise C. Sengupta ,  John E. King ,  Idan Mandelbaum ,  James A. Stobie ,  Laura A. Swafford ,  Chen J. Zhang ,  Christopher S. Badorrek ,  Michael J. Bowers, II ,  Myeongseob Kim ,  Tadd C. Kippeny ,  Don A. Harris

IPC: H01L31/0352 ,  H01L27/30 ,  H01L27/146 ,  B82Y20/00

Abstract: A photon-activated quantum dot capacitor and method of fabrication. A photon-activated quantum dot capacitor photodetector having a read only integrated circuit; and a photon-activated quantum dot capacitor chip hybridized with the read only integrated circuit, wherein said photon-activated quantum dot capacitor chip comprises colloidal quantum dots that detect photons as a change in a dielectric constant of the colloidal quantum dots of the photon-activated quantum dot capacitor chip, including the further implementation of a photodetector.

公开(公告)号：US10587826B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US15851223

申请日：2017-12-21

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： James A. Stobie ,  Michael J. Choiniere ,  R. Daniel McGrath

IPC: H04N5/345 ,  F41G7/22 ,  H04N5/33 ,  F41G7/00

Abstract: A seeker includes a detection array having at least 2500 sensing pixels arranged in rows by row request lines and in columns by column request lines. At least one pixel includes an electromagnetic radiation sensor to trigger the pixel in response to sensing a triggering quantity of electromagnetic radiation, a row request circuit to send a row request after the pixel triggers, and a column request circuit to send a column request after the pixel triggers. The seeker further includes a row receiver to receive the row requests, a column receiver to receive the column requests, and a sequencer to receive, for each triggering pixel, the row of the row request and the column of the column request, and to generate an event including the received row and column of the pixel. The seeker also includes a time stamper to generate a time stamp for the generated event.

公开(公告)号：US20180338098A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15596022

申请日：2017-05-16

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： James A. Stobie ,  R. Daniel McGrath

IPC: H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/33 ,  G02B3/00

CPC classification number: H04N5/361 ,  G02B3/0006 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378

Abstract: An image sensor suitable for low light level imaging, the image sensor having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having nMOS and pMOS components, provides a lower noise threshold as compared to prior art single-flavor pixels.

公开(公告)号：US10056905B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15663359

申请日：2017-07-28

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc

Inventor： Michael J. Bowers, II ,  Pierre-Alain S. Auroux ,  Thomas E. Collins, III ,  James A. Stobie

IPC: H03K19/00 ,  H03K19/003 ,  H04L9/32

CPC classification number: H03K19/003 ,  H03K19/17768 ,  H04L9/0866 ,  H04L9/3278

Abstract: Techniques are provided for a physically unclonable function (PUF) device. One example PUF device includes, a readout integrated circuit (ROIC) (such as a ROIC for a focal plane array or other imaging application), a nanomaterial-based PUF layer on the ROIC, and a common electrode on the PUF layer. The nanomaterial is randomly distributed throughout the PUF layer. A method of using a PUF device that includes a nanomaterial-based PUF layer coupled to a ROIC, where the nanomaterial is randomly distributed throughout the PUF layer, includes driving the ROIC at a plurality of locations coupled to a corresponding plurality of locations of the PUF layer, sensing the nanomaterial at the locations of the PUF layer, and generating a unique identification key from the sensed locations of the PUF layer. The method can be used, for example, for secure decryption or for identifying or authenticating the PUF device.