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POWER BUDGET AND RESOLUTION LIMITS 87<br />

# electrons<br />

P lens<br />

optical power in<br />

front <strong>of</strong> lens<br />

P object<br />

optical power on object<br />

(Lambert reflector)<br />

2<br />

⎛ 1 ⎞<br />

P'pixel = P'obj<br />

⋅ ⎜ ⎟ ⋅ klens<br />

Equation 4.3<br />

⎝ 2 ⋅ F /# ⎠<br />

quantum<br />

efficiency<br />

losses <strong>of</strong> lens<br />

and filter<br />

<strong>distance</strong> <strong>of</strong> object,<br />

aperture <strong>of</strong> lens<br />

# photons<br />

P image<br />

optical power<br />

on sensor<br />

reflection coefficient<br />

<strong>of</strong> object<br />

energy <strong>of</strong><br />

photon<br />

pixel area,<br />

sensor area<br />

E pixel<br />

energy per pixel<br />

P pixel<br />

optical power<br />

on pixel<br />

integration<br />

time<br />

P light source<br />

required required optical optical power<br />

power <strong>of</strong> light <strong>of</strong> light source source<br />

Figure 4.2 Optical power budget: Strategy to estimate the optical power <strong>of</strong> the<br />

illumination required to generate a given number <strong>of</strong> electrons in a<br />

pixel as a function <strong>of</strong> scene and camera parameters.<br />

Optical energy per pixel Epix:<br />

Epixel = Ppixel<br />

⋅ Tint<br />

Equation 4.4<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> photons Np per pixel:<br />

Epixel<br />

Np = = Ppixel<br />

⋅ Tint<br />

⋅<br />

Ephoton<br />

1<br />

h ⋅ c<br />

λ<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> electrons Ne generated per pixel (see also Figure 4.3):<br />

Ne = Np<br />

⋅ QE(<br />

λ)<br />

= Ppixel<br />

⋅ Tint<br />

⋅<br />

1<br />

h ⋅ c<br />

λ<br />

⋅ QE(<br />

λ)<br />

Equation 4.5<br />

Equation 4.6

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