ITRES Research Limited

Published purpose

Hyperspectral imaging, which processes the electromagnetic properties of each pixel in the frame of an image, can be used to identify the materials that make up a scanned object or environment. Air and space-borne hyperspectral instruments, which often use Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensor arrays, are fundamental to Earth observation processes. ITRES Research proposes to design a high-performance CMOS sensor array with 3,000 across-track pixels, twice the size of current state of the art CMOS focal plane arrays (FPAs). Earth observation payload designs currently require two CMOS focal plane arrays to achieve the required across-track swath. This project initiates the development of a CMOS focal plane array that can meet the same performance criteria as current FPAs, while also meeting the spatial swath needs of Canada's Earth observation community.