ITRES  Research Limited
Design  of a Next-Generation CMOS Sensor with Readout System for Space and Airborne Visible  Near-infrared ( VNIR ) Hyperspectral Imaging Systems — 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 FPAs to achieve the required  across-track swath. This project initiates the development of a CMOS FPA that can meet the same performance criteria as current FPAs , while  also meeting the spatial swath needs of Canada's Earth observation community.