| NASA Center: |
Langley Research Center |
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| Image # : |
L-1997-01711 |
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| Date : |
05/01/1997
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Title
Passive Millimeter Wave Camera (PMMWC) at TRW
Full Description
Engineers at TRW, Redondo Beach, California, inspect the Passive
Millimeter Wave Camera, a weather-piercing camera designed to see
through fog, clouds, smoke and dust. Operating in the millimeter wave
portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, the camera creates
visual-like video images of objects, people, runways, obstacles and the horizon.
A demonstration camera (shown in photo) has been completed and is
scheduled for checkout tests and flight demonstration. Engineer (left)
holds a compact, lightweight circuit board containing 40 complete
radiometers, including antenna, monolithic millimeter wave integrated
circuit (MMIC) receivers and signal processing and readout electronics
that forms the basis for the camera's 1040-element focal plane array.
Keywords
Passive Millimeter Wave Camera Aircraft Guidance TRW
Subject Category
Aeronautical Research,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
LARC
- Center Number:
L-1997-01711
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001305
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: TRW photographer
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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