Leonardo DRS is a leader in small pixel uncooled FPA technology with the development of 10μm pixel 640×512 and 10μm pixel 1280×1024 FPA formats. Leonardo DRS offers the Tenum®640 and Tenum®1280 uncooled commercial camera cores based on these FPA formats. The Tenum®640 operates in 60Hz and 9Hz framerate modes with f/1 equivalent NETD sensitivity of <60mK and nominal power dissipation of 1.2W. The Tenum®1280 operates in 30Hz and 9Hz framerate modes with f/1 equivalent NETD sensitivity of <60mK and nominal power dissipation of 2.3W. The Tenum®640 uses a wafer-level vacuum packaged 10µm 640×512 FPA. In this paper, the Leonardo DRS Tenum®640 and Tenum®1280 camera cores will be discussed along with relevant 10µm FPA technology and advances in wafer-level vacuum packaging. In addition, a summary of Leonardo DRS 10µm and 17µm FPA formats in production will be presented. Finally, a broadband IR version of the Tamarisk®640 will be discussed.

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Thomas R. Schimert, Kevin Macauley, and Chris Reed, "Leonardo DRS Tenum 640 and Tenum 1280 uncooled commercial cameras," Proc. SPIE 12107, Infrared Technology and Applications XLVIII, 1210714 (Presented at SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing: April 05, 2022; Published: 27 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618815.