Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor for obtaining information relating to the phase of a light wave
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Application No.: US16222061Application Date: 2018-12-17
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Publication No.: US10651221B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Selimen Benahmed , Salim Boutami , Olivier Cioni
- Applicant: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
- Current Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5015dcf5
- Main IPC: H01L27/14
- IPC: H01L27/14 ; H01L31/00 ; H01L31/0232 ; H01L27/146 ; G01N21/47 ; G01N33/483 ; G01N15/14 ; G01N15/10

Abstract:
An object of the invention is an image sensor comprising a matrix of pixels, extending along a detection plane, and configured to form an image of an incident light wave propagating in a spectral band along a propagation axis, the image sensor being characterized in that it comprises a mask, formed by opaque elementary masks, extending parallel to the detection plane, between which there extend openings through which the incident light wave can propagate toward the detection plane, the matrix of pixels being divided into: open pixels extending facing the openings; masked pixels, each masked pixel being defined by a projection of an elementary mask along the axis of propagation on the matrix of pixels, each masked pixel being associated with the elementary mask facing it; the image sensor comprising, between the open pixels and the openings: a waveguide, extending facing masked pixels and open pixels; a first diffraction grating, extending facing at least one open pixel, and configured to couple part of the incident light wave into the waveguide; a second diffraction grating, extending facing a masked pixel, and configured to extract part of a guided wave propagating in the waveguide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190189664A1 IMAGE SENSOR FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PHASE OF A LIGHT WAVE Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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