MIRAGE WF infrared scene projector system, with 1536 x 768 wide format resistive array, performance data

Sparkman, Kevin; LaVeigne, Joe; Oleson, Jim; Franks, Greg; McHugh, Steve; Lannon, John; Woode, Brian; Greer, Derek; Bui, Nicole

doi:10.1117/12.818390

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“…New materials were also explored to achieve these higher temperatures. The material set used for LFRA,WFRA [4] and OASIS 1024 were not suitable for the extremely high physical temperatures dictated for the UHT program. SBIR and their collaborators explored new materials derived from lessons learned on the existing SBIR MIRAGE XL products.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ultrahigh-temperature emitter pixel development for scene projectors

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To meet the needs of high fidelity infrared sensors, under the Ultra High Temperature (UHT) development program, Santa Barbara Infrared Inc. (SBIR) has developed new infrared emitter materials capable of achieving extremely high temperatures. The current state of the art arrays based on the MIRAGE-XL generation of scene projectors is capable of producing imagery with mid-wave infrared (MWIR) apparent temperatures up to 700K with response times of 5 ms. The Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Test and Evaluation/Science & Technology (T&E/S&T) Program through the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentations (PEO STRI) has contracted with SBIR and its partners to develop a new resistive array based on these new materials, using a high current Read-In Integrated Circuit (RIIC) capable of achieving higher temperatures as well as faster frame rates. The status of that development will be detailed within this paper, including performance data from prototype pixels.

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Ultrahigh-temperature emitter pixel development for scene projectors

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“…The introduction of the MIRAGE system at 512x512 emitter pixels was then followed by the Mirage XL [1] system at 10124x1024. Additionally the Wide Format resistive Array (WFRA) [2] program delivered several 1536x768 IRSP systems. The Ultra High Temperature (UHT) [3] scene projector program is striving to reach a producible system with emitter array sizes of 2048x2048 and up to 4096x4096 pixels.…”

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Scalable emitter array development for infrared scene projector systems

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Several new technologies have been developed over recent years that make a fundamental change in the scene projection for infrared hardware in the loop test. Namely many of the innovations are in Read In Integrated Circuit (RIIC) architecture, which can lead to an operational and cost effective solution for producing large emitter arrays based on the assembly of smaller sub-arrays. Array sizes of 2048x2048 and larger are required to meet the high fidelity test needs of today's modern infrared sensors. The Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Test and Evaluation/Science & Technology (T&E/S&T) Program through the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentations (PEO STRI) has contracted with SBIR and its partners to investigate integrating new technologies in order to achieve array sizes much larger than are available today. SBIR and its partners have undertaken several proof-of-concept experiments that provide the groundwork for producing a tiled emitter array. Herein we will report on the results of these experiments, including the demonstration of edge connections formed between different ICs with a gap of less than 10µm.

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