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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2015.31.2.4

Minimization of Motion Blur and Dynamic MTF Analysis in the Electro-Optical TDI CMOS Camera on a Satellite  

Heo, HaengPal (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Ra, SungWoong (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chung-Nam National University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.31, no.2, 2015 , pp. 85-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
TDI CCD sensors are being used for most of the electro-optical camera mounted on the low earth orbit satellite to meet high performance requirements such as SNR and MTF. However, the CMOS sensors which have a lot of implementation advantages over the CCD, are being upgraded to have the TDI function. A few methods for improving the issue of motion blur which is apparent in the CMOS sensor than the CCD sensor, are being introduced. Each pixel can be divided into a few sub-pixels to be read more than once as is the same case with three or four phased CCDs. The fill factor can be reduced intentionally or even a kind of mask can also be implemented at the edge of pixels to reduce the blur. The motion blur can also be reduced in the TDI CMOS sensor by reducing the integration time from the full line scan time. Because the integration time can be controlled easily by the versatile control electronics, one of two performance parameters, MTF and SNR, can be concentrated dynamically depending on the aim of target imaging. MATLAB simulation has been performed and the results are presented in this paper. The goal of the simulation is to compare dynamic MTFs affected by the different methods for reducing the motion blur in the TDI CMOS sensor.
Keywords
TDI; CMOS; SNR; MTF; Motion Blur; Dynamic MTF;
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