Design and performances of a new generation of detection electronics for Earth observation satellites

Didier Dantes; Claude Neveu; Teva Gilbert; Jean-Marc Biffi

doi:10.1117/12.488629

16 May 2003 Design and performances of a new generation of detection electronics for Earth observation satellites

Didier Dantes, Claude Neveu, Teva Gilbert, Jean-Marc Biffi

Proceedings Volume 5017, Sensors and Camera Systems for Scientific, Industrial, and Digital Photography Applications IV; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.488629
Event: Electronic Imaging 2003, 2003, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

Future earth observation optical systems will be more and more demanding in terms of ground sampling distance, swath width, number of spectral bands, duty cycle. Existing architectures of focal planes and video processing electronics are hardly compatible with these new requirements: electronic functions are splitted in several units, and video processing is limited to frequencies around 5MHz in order to fulfill the radiometric requirements expected for high performance image quality systems. This frequency limitation induces a high number of video chains operated in parallel to process the huge amount of pixels at focal plane output, and leads to unacceptable mass and power consumption budgets. Furthermore, splitting the detection electronics functions into several units (at least one for the focal plane and proximity electronics, and one for the video processing functions) does not optimize the production costs: specific development efforts must be performed on critical analog electronics at each equipment level and operations of assembly, integration and tests are duplicated at equipment and subsystem levels. Taking into account these constraints, Alcatel Space has developed with CNES a new concept of Highly Integrated Detection Electronic Subsystem (SEDHI). This paper presents the design of this new concept and summarizes the main performances which have been measured at component and subsystem levels. The electrical, mechanical and thermal aspects of the SEDHI concept are described, including the basic technologies: ASIC for phase shift of detector clocks, ASIC for video processing, ASIC for phase trimming, hybrids, multi chip modules... The adaptability of a large amount of missions and optical instruments is also discussed. Design, performance and budgets of the subsystem are given for the Pleiades mission (successor of SPOT) for which the SEDHI concept has been selected.

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Didier Dantes, Claude Neveu, Teva Gilbert, and Jean-Marc Biffi "Design and performances of a new generation of detection electronics for Earth observation satellites", Proc. SPIE 5017, Sensors and Camera Systems for Scientific, Industrial, and Digital Photography Applications IV, (16 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.488629

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