Appeal No. 2006-1049
Application No. 09/667,826
14. These timing signals and electrical biasing signal inputs are illustrated
by lines 22 and 25, respectively, in Figure 1 (col. 6, lines 10-12).
15. Focal plane array 10 also receives digital offset correction signals
provided along line 23 which allow individual correction of offsets due to
nonuniformities in each detector element of the array (col. 6, lines 12-15).
16. The focal plane sensor controller 14, as its name suggests, provides
intelligent control of the focal plane array 10. In particular, during initial
calibration of the focal plane array and optional subsequent calibrations, the
uniformity in the individual detector elements in the focal plane array 10 is
detected and digital offset correction coefficients stored in offset coefficient
memory 26 (col. 6, line 66 through col. 7, line 5).
17. Uniformity offset coefficients are thus provided in parallel form along
lines 34 to detector array interface circuit 12, which provides the coefficients along
lines 23 to the focal plane array 10, in synchronism with the appropriate timing
signals to control readout and simultaneous offset correction (col. 7, lines 37-43).
18. Figures 2 and 3A, 3B and 3C, describe in more detail the readout
circuitry of the focal plane array 10 in accordance with the present invention.
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