Accession Number:

ADA188705

Title:

Optical Technique for Increasing Fill Factor of Mosaic Arrays,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CA ELECTRONICS RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Garber, W. A.
• Cross, E. F.
• Gibb, O. L.
• Wiemokly, G. D.
• Spiro, I. J.

Report Date:

1987-11-10

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

Focal plane staring arrays consisting of Schottky barrier infrared detectors and infrared charge coupled devices IRCCD are currently under development for use in several remote sensing applications. These IRCCD arrays use monolithic silicon construction for sensing image irradiance in the optical field-of-view. The radiant intensity at each Schottky platinum-silicide Pt-Si detector is converted to an electronic charge that is integrated and read out by the charge coupled device CCD in the adjacent row. Although this type of image sensor has high response uniformity, large dynamic range, and excellent survivability characteristics, the elemental quantum efficiency and sensing area density are lower than is realizable from other staring mosaics. This report describes a novel optical technique that significantly improves the responsivity of Schottky IRCCD arrays by increasing the sensitive-area fill factor.

Descriptors:

• *CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES
• *FOCAL PLANES
• *INFRARED EQUIPMENT
• *INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
• *MOSAICS(DETECTORS)
• *REMOTE DETECTORS
• *SCHOTTKY BARRIER DEVICES
• ARRAYS
• DENSITY
• DETECTORS
• DYNAMIC RANGE
• IMAGES
• INFRARED RADIATION
• LINE OF SIGHT
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• OPTICS
• RADIANCE
• RADIANT INTENSITY
• READ OUT TECHNIQUES
• RESPONSE
• SURVIVABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Infrared Detection and Detectors
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE