BAE Systems' 17mm LWIR camera core for civil, commercial, and military applications

Jeffrey Lee; Christian Rodriguez; Richard Blackwell

doi:10.1117/12.2018090

11 June 2013 BAE Systems' 17μm LWIR camera core for civil, commercial, and military applications

Jeffrey Lee, Christian Rodriguez, Richard Blackwell

Proceedings Volume 8704, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIX; 87041J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018090
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Seventeen (17) µm pixel Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) Sensors based on vanadium oxide (VO_x) micro-bolometers have been in full rate production at BAE Systems’ Night Vision Sensors facility in Lexington, MA for the past five years.[1] We introduce here a commercial camera core product, the Airia-M^TM imaging module, in a VGA format that reads out in 30 and 60Hz progressive modes. The camera core is architected to conserve power with all digital interfaces from the readout integrated circuit through video output. The architecture enables a variety of input/output interfaces including Camera Link, USB 2.0, micro-display drivers and optional RS-170 analog output supporting legacy systems. The modular board architecture of the electronics facilitates hardware upgrades allow us to capitalize on the latest high performance low power electronics developed for the mobile phones. Software and firmware is field upgradeable through a USB 2.0 port. The USB port also gives users access to up to 100 digitally stored (lossless) images.

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Jeffrey Lee, Christian Rodriguez, and Richard Blackwell "BAE Systems' 17μm LWIR camera core for civil, commercial, and military applications", Proc. SPIE 8704, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIX, 87041J (11 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018090

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