Lockheed Martin's 640x480 uncooled microbolometer camera

Michael P. Altman; Brian S. Backer; Margaret Kohin; Richard J. Blackwell; Neal R. Butler; James H. Cullen

doi:10.1117/12.354514

26 July 1999 Lockheed Martin's 640x480 uncooled microbolometer camera

Michael P. Altman, Brian S. Backer, Margaret Kohin, Richard J. Blackwell, Neal R. Butler, James H. Cullen

Proceedings Volume 3698, Infrared Technology and Applications XXV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354514
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Lockheed Martin is developing the first ever 640 X 480 uncooled microbolometer camera. This camera, designated the LTC650, has a new 28 micrometers pitch 640 X 480 microbolometer focal plane array and electronics which operate at a 30 Hz frame rate. The electronics are based on previous successful 320 X 240 camera electronics which use low power, high performance DSP and FPGA technology. A DSP based software solution provides flexibility to answer the challenge of change and varied customer needs while meeting the low cost, low power, and low real estate requirements of portable, hand held applications. Test data for the first camera are presented.

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Michael P. Altman, Brian S. Backer, Margaret Kohin, Richard J. Blackwell, Neal R. Butler, and James H. Cullen "Lockheed Martin's 640x480 uncooled microbolometer camera", Proc. SPIE 3698, Infrared Technology and Applications XXV, (26 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354514

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