Sunsensor miniaturization where is the end?
conference paper
Sunsensors are used for the attitude control of satellites. The common sensors use either the cosine dependence of the photo current or the sensing of a centroïd movement for a spot which is created by positioning a pinhole at a known distance above a position sensitive detector. Recent research initiated by the Dutch Microned program has lead to significant reduction in size without impairing the performance. This research will lead to fully autonomous sensors which are produced using micro-system technologies with associated size reductions of at least a factor of 30 but possibly two orders of magnitude. © 2008 IEEE.
Topics
TNO Identifier
241206
ISBN
9781424425808
Article nr.
No.: 4716695
Source title
IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2008, 26-29 October 2009, Lecce, Italy
Collation
4 p.
Pages
1348-1351
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