Techniques for Operating Charge Coupled Devices (CCD's) in Very High Speed Framing Mode.

Abstract

New concepts for operating charge coupled devices (CCD's) in a multiple frame transfer mode which allow very high speed imaging of transient phenomena are described. These methods coupled with the inherent advantages of slow scan readout, including high dynamic range, low noise and excellent linearity, provide unique, new observational capabilities. Appropriate masking techniques allow a large portion of the CCD to be employed as a high speed image buffer. Applications include spatial imaging of rapidly moving objects, observations of transient spectral chemical phenomena and the study of rapid physiological motion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 1985
Accession Number
ADA152878

Entities

People

  • M. Bonner Denton
  • P. M. Epperson
  • R. S. Aikens

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Cameras
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dynamic Range
  • Engineering
  • High Dynamic Range
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Low Noise
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.