# US 10,871,397 B2 · Spectroscope > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,871,397 B2 - Document ID: US10871397B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/709,015 - Filed: 2019-12-10 - Published: 2020-04-09 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-04 - Assignees: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. - Applicants: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. - Inventors: Takafumi Yokino; Katsumi Shibayama; Katsuhiko Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871397B2 ## CPC - G01J 3/18: using diffraction elements, e.g. grating (gratings per se G02B) - G01J 3/0205: {Optical elements not provided otherwise, e.g. optical manifolds, diffusers, windows} - G01J 3/0208: {using focussing or collimating elements, e.g. lenses or mirrors; performing aberration correction} - G01J 3/021: {using plane or convex mirrors, parallel phase plates, or particular reflectors} - G01J 3/0256: {Compact construction} - G01J 3/0262: {Constructional arrangements for removing stray light} - G01J 3/0264: {Electrical interface; User interface} - G01J 3/0286: {Constructional arrangements for compensating for fluctuations caused by temperature, humidity or pressure, or using cooling or temperature stabilization of parts of the device; Controlling the atmosphere inside a spectrometer, e.g. vacuum} - G01J 3/0291: {Housings; Spectrometer accessories; Spatial arrangement of elements, e.g. folded path arrangements} - G01J 3/36: Investigating two or more bands of a spectrum by separate detectors - G02B 5/1861: {Reflection gratings characterised by their structure, e.g. step profile, contours of substrate or grooves, pitch variations, materials (G02B5/1809, G02B5/1828, G02B5/1833, G02B5/1838 and G02B5/1847 take precedence)} - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part in which a depression including a concave curved inner surface and a peripheral part adjacent to the depression are provided, and a side wall part disposed on a side on which the depression is open with respect to the bottom wall part, a light detection element supported by the side wall part while opposing the depression, and a dispersive part disposed on the inner surface of the depression. A length of the depression in a second direction in which a plurality of grating grooves included in the dispersive part is aligned is larger than a length of the depression in a third direction orthogonal to the second direction when viewed in a first direction in which the depression and the light detection element oppose each other. An area of the peripheral part adjacent to the depression in the second direction is larger than an area of the peripheral part adjacent to the depression in the third direction when viewed in the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A spectrometer comprising: a cover including a light passing part; a dispersive part; a light detection element; a support accommodating the dispersive part and the light detection element, and in which a dispersive space is formed; and a wiring electrically connected to the light detection element, wherein the support includes a bottom wall part and a side wall part including an opening opposing the bottom wall part, the cover is fixed to the opening, the cover is enclosed by an end surface of the side wall part on the opposite side from the bottom wall part, when viewed in a first direction in which the bottom wall part and the opening opposes each other, and a portion of wiring disposed on the end surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The spectrometer according to claim 1, wherein a side surface of the cover opposes an inner surface of the side wall part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The spectrometer according to claim 1, wherein the cover is accommodated inside the opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The spectrometer according to claim 1, wherein the light passing part is a slit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The spectrometer according to claim 4, wherein the slit extends along a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the support when viewed in the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The spectrometer according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the wiring extends so as to traverse the end surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The spectrometer according to claim 1, wherein the wring extends to an outer surface of the side wall part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The spectrometer according to claim 1, wherein the side wall part includes a pair of first side walls opposing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a pair of second side walls opposing each other in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein the length of the support in each of the first direction, the second direction and the third direction is less than or equal to 15 mm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The spectrometer according to claim 9, wherein the length of the support in the second direction or the third direction is less than 10 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein a thickness of each of the pair of first side walls is larger than a thickness of each of the pair of second side walls. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein the side wall part has an annular shape enclosing the dispersive part when viewed in the first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support in the second direction is smaller than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support in the third direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein the light detection element is disposed in a first widened part in which a space inside the support is widened on an opposite side from the bottom wall part in the side wall part, and the first widened part is provided with an end part of the wiring. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The spectrometer according to claim 14, wherein one terminal of the light detection element and the one end part of the wiring opposing each other in the first widened part are connected to each other by a plurality of bumps, and the plurality of bumps is aligned along the second direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The spectrometer according to claim 14, wherein a member made of resin is filled between the side surface of the first widened part and the light detection element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The spectrometer according to claim 14, wherein the cover is disposed in a second widened part in which a space inside the first widened part is widened on the opposite side from the bottom wall part in the side wall part. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The spectrometer according to claim 17, wherein the cover and the light detection element are away from each other. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The spectrometer according to claim 17 wherein a member made of resin is filled between the side surface of the second widened part and the cover. ### Claim 20 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein the length of the support in the second direction is larger than the length of the support in the first direction. ### Claim 21 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein the light detection element is indirectly attached to the side wall part through the cover. ### Claim 22 (depends on 11) The spectrometer according to claim 11, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support in the second direction is smaller than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the support in the third direction. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The spectrometer according to claim 15, wherein a member made of resin is filled between the side surface of the first widened part and the light detection element. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The spectrometer according to claim 18, wherein a member made of resin is filled between the side surface of the second widened part and the cover. ### Claim 25 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein a concave curved surface is provided on a surface of the bottom wall part on the cover side. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The spectrometer according to claim 25, wherein an optical function part is provided on the concave curved surface. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The spectrometer according to claim 25, wherein a plurality of optical function parts is provided on the concave curved surface. ### Claim 28 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein the light detection element is provided on a semiconductor substrate, and the semiconductor substrate is smaller than the cover when viewed in the first direction. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The spectrometer according to claim 26, wherein the optical function part is offset so as to be disposed on a one side in the second direction with respect to the center of the concave curved surface when viewed in the first direction. ### Claim 30 (depends on 8) The spectrometer according to claim 8, wherein an incident light diffuses at the light passing part, and the light dispersed by the dispersive part converges at the same height as the light passing part in the first direction.