Black Silicon Enhanced Digital Nightvison Pixels

SiOnyx has developed a novel silicon processing technology for CMOS sensors that will extend spectral sensitivity into the near/shortwave infrared (NIR/SWIR) and enable a full performance digital night vision capability comparable to that of current image-intensifier based night vision goggles. The process is compatible with established CMOS manufacturing infrastructure and has the promise of much lower cost than competing approaches. The measured quantum efficiency at 1064nm demonstrates a 30x improvement over incumbent technologies and the demonstrated detector performance exceeds detectivities of 1x10^14 Jones. As fusion imaging becomes mainstream it is well recognized that a highly scalable low cost digital nightvision sensor is vital for multispectral imaging platforms.