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Power and SNR on a camera pixel viewing a scene illuminated by a lambertian source at infinity
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Inputs: camera and source parameters --- Outputs: power on a pixel and SNR from various noise sources
INPUT
VALUE
UNIT
source_rad
W/m2/sr
source_size
deg.
albedo
no
inc_angle
deg.
pSize
micron
Qe
no
dark_current
e-.s-1
readOut_N
e-
Full_Well_Cap
e-
max_exp_time
s
int_time
ms
lambda
micron
x_scene
mm
y_scene
mm
z_scene
m
aper_diam
mm
magnification
no
transmission
no
OUTPUT
VALUE
UNIT
scene_irrad
to be calculated
W/m2
scene_rad
to be calculated
W/m2/sr
pixel_power
to be calculated
W
SNR_Phot
to be calculated
no
SNR_Dark
to be calculated
no
SNR_Read
to be calculated
no
SNR_Tot
to be calculated
no
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