24 June 2013 Oversampling advances in millimeter-wave scan imaging using inexpensive neon indicator lamp detectors
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Abstract
In recent years, much effort has been invested to develop room temperature inexpensive, but sensitive, millimeter wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) detectors that can be used as pixels in focal plane arrays, which is important for real-time imaging. A new 18×2 neon indicator lamp MMW/THz scanner was developed. The components of the camera include horizontally shifted two-column glow discharge detectors in a scanning array. The detectors, costing about 50 cents each, are wired to a preprocessing card, a VLSI board, and a motor for scanner movement. A description of the VLSI Verilog programmable hardware of the new scanner, the physical architecture, the software user interface, and imaging results at 97 GHz are presented. At this stage, the emphasis is focused on the lamp exposure time and spatial resolution when the scanning is performed horizontally. In the future it is planned to expose all pixels simultaneously for real-time imaging. New software capabilities allow the application of digital image enhancement algorithms. Fast scanning permits obtaining images in 1 to 5 s. Oversampling yields a sharper edge response and a higher signal-to-noise ratio.
© 2013 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2013/$25.00 © 2013 SPIE
Assaf Levanon, Natan S. Kopeika, Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Amir Abramovich, Daniel Rozban, Hezi Joseph, Avihai Aharon, Alex Belenky, Michael Gefen, and Orly Yadid-Pecht "Oversampling advances in millimeter-wave scan imaging using inexpensive neon indicator lamp detectors," Optical Engineering 52(6), 063202 (24 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.6.063202
Published: 24 June 2013
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KEYWORDS
Sensors

Lamps

Extremely high frequency

Millimeter wave imaging

Imaging systems

Scanners

Line scan image sensors

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