Title :
The design of a real time VLSI optical centroid processor
Author :
Pui, Boon Hean ; Hayes-Gill, Barrie ; Clark, Matt ; Somekh, Mike ; See, Chung ; Morgan, Steve ; Ng, Alan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK
Abstract :
A real time VLSI optical centroid processor has been developed as part of a larger Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor system for applications in adaptive optics. The implementation of the optical centroid detection system was demonstrated successfully using a hardware emulation system. Subsequently, the design has been implemented as a single-chip solution. This has advantages in terms of power consumption, system size and cost. The design of the different components of the system will be discussed.
Keywords :
CMOS image sensors; VLSI; adaptive optics; low-power electronics; optical information processing; photodiodes; wavefront sensors; Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor system; VLSI; adaptive optics; hardware emulation system; optical centroid processor; power consumption; single-chip solution; system size; Adaptive optics; Emulation; Energy consumption; Hardware; Optical design; Optical detectors; Optical sensors; Real time systems; Sensor systems; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors, 2002. Proceedings of IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7454-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSENS.2002.1036977
