Small pixel pitch, high-definition MWIR, and dual band SWIR/MWIR imaging sensors for SWaP-constrained applications

Andrew D. Hood; Edward K. Huang; Kai Yang; Dustin Hibberd; Vince Loung; Mitchell Oleson; Randall Lott; Carson Pratt; Jeremy Thomas; Michael Costolo; Michael MacDougal

doi:10.1117/12.2664099

13 June 2023 Small pixel pitch, high-definition MWIR, and dual band SWIR/MWIR imaging sensors for SWaP-constrained applications

Andrew D. Hood, Edward K. Huang, Kai Yang, Dustin Hibberd, Vince Loung, Mitchell Oleson, Randall Lott, Carson Pratt, Jeremy Thomas, Michael Costolo, Michael MacDougal

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Proceedings Volume 12534, Infrared Technology and Applications XLIX; 125340N (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664099
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Unmanned airborne and dismounted soldier capability requirements continue to push for reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP) and high sensitivity infrared (IR) imaging in applications that were not previously practical. In response to these needs, Attollo Engineering has developed a 1280x1024, 5μm pixel pitch cooled mid wavelength infrared (MWIR) sensor that pushes the envelope in pixel pitch in addition to a 1280x1024, 10μm pixel sensor dual band sensor with additional sensitivity in the short wavelength infrared (SWIR) in order to exploit SWIR phenomenology including laser see spot functionality. Both of these sensors offer MWIR sensing capabilities but are also able to leverage aspects of Attollo’s detector design to enable SWIR sensing to varying degrees. This class of small pixel cooled, single and dual band IR sensor technology represents advancements in all aspects of the sensor’s design and development, and we will discuss the innovations made at Attollo to enable this capability including epitaxial detector design based on III V compound semiconductors, detector array and focal plane array fabrication, design of a low noise, dual band CTIA/DI readout integrated circuit (ROIC), vacuum dewar packaging, and electronics and firmware design. In this paper we will present on the status of high definition small pixel pitch MWIR and dual band SWIR/MWIR imaging technology at Attollo as it relates to these sensors including design and measurement data and imaging.

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Andrew D. Hood, Edward K. Huang, Kai Yang, Dustin Hibberd, Vince Loung, Mitchell Oleson, Randall Lott, Carson Pratt, Jeremy Thomas, Michael Costolo, and Michael MacDougal "Small pixel pitch, high-definition MWIR, and dual band SWIR/MWIR imaging sensors for SWaP-constrained applications", Proc. SPIE 12534, Infrared Technology and Applications XLIX, 125340N (13 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664099

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