CMOS active pixel sensor star tracker with regional electronic shutter

Orly Yadid-Pecht; Bedabrata Pain; Craig Staller; Christopher Clark; Eric Fossum

doi:10.1109/4.551925

CMOS active pixel sensor star tracker with regional electronic shutter

Orly Yadid-Pecht, Bedabrata Pain, Craig Staller, Christopher Clark, Eric Fossum

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Abstract

A 64 × 64 element CMOS active pixel sensor (APS) for star tracker applications is reported. The chip features an innovative regional electronic shutter through the use of an individual pixel reset architecture. Using the regional electronic shutter, each star in the field of view can have its own integration period. This way, simultaneous capture of bright stars with dim stars is accommodated, enabling a large increase in tracker capability. The chip achieves 80 dB dynamic range, 50 e-rms read noise, low dark current, and excellent electronic shutter linearity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	285-288
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/4.551925
State	Published - 1 Feb 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Active pixel sensors
Dynamic range
Electronic shutter
Image sensors
Photodiode arrays

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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