SBIR/STTR Research Award
Charge-Coupled-Devive Camera with Large Dynamic Range
Award amount
$69,768Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LGMFFHJ28878
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
We propose to develop a multi-tap 512x512 pixel CCD camera with a 20,000:1 dynamic range and a 60 Hz frame rate. This achievement will advance the performance of solid state camaras by more than an order of magnitude. The initial application will be as a detector for an optical correlator but the camera will find use in many situations where the 256:1 - 512:1 dynamic range of conventional CCD cameras is inacequate. During Phase I, we will work with a 512x512 CCD with 16 output taps to evaluate its suitability in terms of both signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range. At the end of Phase I, we will deliver a working prototype camera together with a design for a full camera to be developed during Phase II. The David Sarnoff Research Center (Princeton, NJ) will provide technical support as well as sample CCDs.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Turn-key Near-Infrared Photon-Counting Detector Module for LIDAR Applications
- 1280x1024 InGaAs Camera for Visible and Short-wave Infrared Imaging
- Manufacturable Geiger-Mode InGaAs/InP Avalanche Photodiodes for Near-Infrared Photon Counting
- A 1920x1080 Pixel Visible and Shortwave Infrared Focal Plane Array and Camera for Night Vision Imaging
- A 1920x1080 Pixel Visible and Shortwave Infrared Focal Plane Array and Camera for Night Vision Imaging
Research funding history
78 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2005). Reported award amounts total $17,490,172. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce