Large Format Read-In Integrated Circuit for Infrared Scene Projector

"Indigo Systems proposes to design and produce a 1024x1024 high performance Large Format Resistive Array (LFRA), called MIRAGE, for Infrared Scene Projector (IRSP) applications. The proposed project will leverage Indigo's recently developed 512x512 MIRAGEcommercial off-the-shelf micro-emitter array technology.During Phase I, Indigo completed two trade studies for a 1024x1024 LFRA design through specification development to the performance achievable by the proposed architecture. The first trade study is titled: "1024 X 1024 Scene Projector RIIC",ISC#101.0104.11.V1.1, dated August 29, 2001, (developed under SBIR contract N68335-01-C-0173). Due to changes in the emitter characteristic, a second trade study has been performed by Indigo for Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc., leading to a new architectureas described in the Indigo Trade Study Extension Report ISC101.0104.16.V1.0: MIRAGE 1024x1024 Scene Projector RIIC ISC0104, November 12, 2001. Customer needs and requirements were analyzed and reduced to specifications for the read-in integrated circuit(RIIC).Phase I Option has provided funding to begin the preliminary detailed design process for the 1024 x 1024 LFRA.Phase II will advance the LFRA design through completion of the preliminary design, detailed design and fabrication of 10 wafers. The proposed current mode RIIC architecture for the 1024x1024 has been adapted to the new emitter characteristic to achieve avery large emitter power ra