Patents Assigned to Sofradir - Societe Francaise de Detecteurs Infrarouges
  • Patent number: 5268583
    Abstract: An exploiting or readout circuit for a linear or matrix type photodetector array is of the multiplex type, such as a charge-coupled device (CCD). The exploiting circuit has a number of input stages corresponding to the number of photodetectors or similar photosites, and the gains of the input stages are established as a function of the fields of view of their associated photodetectors. In one embodiment the input stages each comprise a storage device formed of a first and a second storage electrode separated by a dividing electrode, the storage electrodes having respective surface areas selected in a relation that varies as a function of solid angle field of view of the respective photodetector. In another embodiment the input stage can include an OpAmp with a negative feedback capacitor whose value is selected as a function of the viewing solid angle of the respective photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Sofradir - Societe Francaise de Detecteurs Infrarouges
    Inventor: Jean P. Chatard