Title :
Monolithic integrated circuit imaging radiometers
Author_Institution :
Martin Marietta Lab., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
The application of arrays of integrated circuit receivers to imaging of microwave and millimeter-wave radiation is presented. Overall system concepts and both focal-plane and aperture-plane types of systems are discussed. Several functional block diagrams of the sensors are suggested, and some examples of state-of-the-art units are presented.<>
Keywords :
MMIC; field effect integrated circuits; image sensors; microwave imaging; radiometers; MIMIC array imagers; MMIC array imagers; aperture plane systems; aperture-plane types; arrays of integrated circuit receivers; focal plane systems; functional block diagrams; imaging radiometers; microwave imagers; millimeter wave imagers; state-of-the-art units; system concepts; Discrete Fourier transforms; Feeds; Fourier transforms; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical imaging; Optical receivers; Phased arrays; Radiometers; Sensor arrays; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-591-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147020