Standardized high performance readout integrated circuits enable rapid development of QWIP imaging systems

• Published in: Infrared physics & technology 2001-06, Vol.42 (3), p.417-431
• Main Authors: Kincaid, Glenn T, Woolaway, James T, Aziz, Naseem Y, Cannata, Robert F, Hansen, Randal J, Heath, Jeffery L, Parrish, William J, Petronio, Susan M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Bolometer; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave receivers and detectors; Bolometers; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave receivers and detectors; Circuits and circuit components; Circuits ans circuit components; Electrical and electronic components, instruments and techniques; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Focal plane array; Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave instruments, equipment and techniques; Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy; Metrology; Metrology, measurements and laboratory procedures; Optoelectronic devices; Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors); Physics; QWIP; Readout integrated circuit; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Units and standards
• ISSN: 1350-4495; 1879-0275
• DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4495(01)00101-3

This paper describes standardized high performance 320 by 256 (ISC9705 or ‘Standard 320’) and 640 by 512 (ISC9803 or ‘Standard 640’) readout integrated circuits (ROICs) for detectors such as InSb, InGaAs, and QWIP, including presentation of focal plane array (FPA) test results for QWIP FPAs fabricated on the ISC9705 and ISC9803 ROICs. The availability of detector interface layout databases, complete test results for each die, and off-the-shelf imaging electronics enable rapid development of imaging systems using QWIP detector arrays. The ROICs are intended to support a wide range of systems through flexibility and advanced modes of operation, and include features such as high-detector bias, programmable gain and signal ‘skimming’ to improve the performance of QWIP FPAs fabricated with these devices. The ROICs also support such advanced features as dynamic image transposition, dynamic windowing, multiple high-speed output configurations, and flexible snapshot integration. These arrays are part of the Indigo Systems family of standard ROICs that share a common architecture and electrical interface.