High-End CMOS Active Pixel Sensors For Space-Borne Imaging Instruments

Abstract

Solid-state optical sensors are used in the space environment for a wide range of applications. Many applications still rely on charge coupled device (CCD) technology but CMOS active pixel sensors (APS) offer great promise for use in space-borne imaging instruments. This paper highlights present-day high-end CMOS APS sensors and sketches their advantages with respect to their CCD counterparts. These advantages are illustrated with Fillfactory analysis and ongoing developments resulting from collaborations with ESA and partnerships with CNES and Alcatel Space.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 13, 2005
Accession Number
ADA445549

Entities

People

  • Didier Dantes
  • Gerald Lepage
  • Jan Bogaerts

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Efficiency
  • Guidance
  • High Resolution
  • Low Noise
  • Navigation
  • Noise
  • Optical Detectors
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Radiation
  • Robotics
  • Spacecraft
  • Star Trackers
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects