NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
1987 Phase II

Signal Processing for Spectral Imaging 

Irvine Sensors Corporation

Costa Mesa, CA
 

INNOVATION
    On-focal plane electronics incorporated into integrated circuit, capable of compensating for detector array non-uniformities
Signal Processing for Spectral Imaging
Digital Readout Technology
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • On-focal-plane functions achieved including significant improvement in gain and offset corrections, and the capability for analog digital conversion at 1000 Hz frame rate with 11 bit resolution and focal plane mode switching
    • Technology demonstrated for infrared detectors
COMMERCIALIZATION
    • Basis for several important R&D contracts with military and NSF
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
    • Developed 32 channel integrated circuit for infrared readout for Sidewinder missile, $780,000 in R&D contracts
    • Contributed to development contract with U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command to build a 64x64 focal plane array, $3,155,000 contract
    • R&D contracts with NSF and the National Cancer Institute for a total of $130,000 to further develop technology
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