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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieie.2016.53.8.113

A Read-In Integrated Circuit for IR Scene Projectors Adopting a Sub-Frame Control Technique for Minimizing the Temperature Loss  

Shin, Uisub (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Cho, Min Ji (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Kang, Woo Jin (SK hynix)
Jo, Young Min (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Lee, Hee Chul (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.53, no.8, 2016 , pp. 113-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a read-in integrated circuit (RIIC) for IR scene projectors (IRSPs) adopting a sub-frame control technique is proposed, which minimizes the reduction of the apparent temperature of the IR images projected from IRSPs operating at a frame rate of 30 Hz. The proposed sub-frame control technique significantly reduces the amount of scene data loss on capacitors, which is caused by leakage currents flowing through MOSFET switches during holding periods, by dividing a unit frame into 8 sub-frames and refreshing the same scene data for each sub-frame. A current-drive RIIC was designed for the higher apparent temperature of IR radiated from the emitter, and it receives the scene data as a form of analog voltages from an external DAC. A prototype chip with a $64{\times}32$ RIIC array was fabricated using Magnachip/SKhynix $0.35{\mu}m$ 2-poly 4-metal CMOS process, and the measured maximum output data current is $230.3{\mu}A$. This amount of current ensures the projection of IR images whose maximum apparent temperature is $366.2^{\circ}C$ in the mid-wavelength IR (MWIR) when applied to a prototype emitter having a resistance of $15k{\Omega}$.
Keywords
IRSP; RIIC; sub-frame control;
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