A New Kind Of Miniature Sun Sensor Design

• doi: 10.1109/ICEICT.2016.7879687
• title: A new kind of miniature sun sensor design
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn: 978-1-5090-0730-1
• issn:
• rank: 1192
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Conferences
• abstract: This paper presents the design of a new type of digital sun sensors which can be applied to micro spacecraft especially micro satellites. The optical system, which adopts the CMOS APS area array sensor while abandoning the traditional way of utilizing slot to achieve the introduction of sun light, is different from common systems. The uniqueness of the design lies in the perpendicular double-slit structure. By windowing image reading through software settings of the sensor, we can obtain the obliquity of light relative to two axes thus calculating the actual sun light angle. Since there is no need to read the image information of the entire area array, this design can significantly increase the data updating frequency with no loss of data accuracy.
• article_number: 7879687
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7879687
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7879687/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7879687/
• publication_title: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology (ICEICT)
• conference_location: Harbin, China
• conference_dates: 20-22 Aug. 2016
• publication_number: 7870937
• is_number: 7879640
• publication_year: 2016
• publication_date: 20-22 Aug. 2016
• start_page: 219
• end_page: 222
• citing_paper_count: 3
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 262
• insert_date: 20170316
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Sun
    • Optical imaging
    • Optical sensors
    • Sensor arrays
    • Charge coupled devices
    • CMOS image sensors
  • author_terms:
    • CMOS APS
    • Sun Sensor
    • Star 250
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Sun Sensor
    • Sunlight
    • Sunlit
    • Microsatellite
    • Short Tandem Repeat
    • Simple Sequence Repeats
    • Optical System
    • Optical Devices
    • Digital Sensor
    • Positive Control
    • Postural Control
    • Light Source
    • CCD Camera
    • Charge-coupled Device
    • Systematic Errors
    • Time Sequence
    • Image Sensor
    • Camera Sensor
    • Solar Angle
    • Sun Angle
    • Hardware Conditions
    • Attitude Control System
    • Position Control System
• isbn_formats:
  • format: Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN, value: 978-1-5090-0730-1, isbnType: New-2005
  • format: USB ISBN, value: 978-1-5090-0728-8, isbnType: New-2005
  • format: Electronic ISBN, value: 978-1-5090-0729-5, isbnType: New-2005
• authors:
  • Author Name: Chaoqun Jing
    Affiliation: Northwestern Poly technical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086153652
    ID: 37086153652
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Northwestern Poly technical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
  • Author Name: Tian Liang
    Affiliation: Northwestern Poly technical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085811178
    ID: 37085811178
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Northwestern Poly technical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
  • Author Name: Qijun Lei
    Affiliation: Northwestern Poly technical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086158192
    ID: 37086158192
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Northwestern Poly technical University, Xi'an, P.R. China

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS APS
• resolution: 512x512
• dynamic_range:
• pixel_size: 25 µm
• dark_current:

Optical Data

• focal_length:
• aperture:
• field_of_view:
• distortion:

Performance Metrics

• frame_rate: 30 full frames/s
• signal_to_noise_ratio:
• sensitivity:
• shutter_speed:
• power_consumption:
• noise:

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Micro sun sensor can be used in microsatellites applications.
• benefits: High precision, miniaturization, and high reliability.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: Fill Factory Company, STAR250.

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: 20-22 Aug. 2016

Relevancy Score

• score: 8
• missing_fields:
  • dynamic_range
  • dark_current
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed
  • noise

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