Arthur F Pfeifer

US Patent:

46706534, Jun 2, 1987

Filed:

Oct 10, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/767582

Inventors:

Charles C. McConkle - Corona CA
William F. O'Neil - Laguna Hills CA
Michael J. Meier - Diamond Bar CA
Thomas P. Fjeldsted - West Covina CA
James L. Thomas - Placentia CA
Arthur F. Pfeifer - Whittier CA

Assignee:

Rockwell International Corporation - El Segundo CA

International Classification:

H01L 2500
G01T 122

US Classification:

250330

Abstract:

An infrared detector and imaging system responsive to the scanned image from an objective lens and scanner system, the infrared detector and imaging system comprising: a detector substrate; a sparsely populated staggered detector array formed on the detector substrate, the detector substrate having a focal plane surface receiving the scanned image from the objective lens and scanner system. A clock means provides clock signals. A control signal means is responsive to the clock signal for providing a sequence of predetermined scanner position signals. A servo responsive to each scanner position signal commands the scanner means to locate the scanned image at predetermined positions on the focal plane. A detector signal integration means receives and integrates an array of detector signals from the sparsely populated detector array. A sampling means samples the amplitudes of each integrated signal from each image and digitizes each integrated signal amplitude to provide an array of digitized integrated detector signal values for each successive scanned image.