Integrated micro-optical systems and cameras including the same
AssigneeDigital Optics Corporation East*
InventorsMichael R. FELDMAN, Alan D. Kathman, William H. Welch
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Abstract
A device having an optical system including first and second substrates, a first optical element on a first surface of the first substrate, and a second optical element on a second surface of the second substrate, the first and second surfaces being parallel and the first and second optical elements being substantially centered along an optical axis of the optical system, and an active element positioned in optical communication with the optical system, wherein an imaging function of the optical system is distributed over at least the first and second optical elements.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- an optical system including first and second substrates, a first optical element on a first surface of the first substrate, and a second optical element on a second surface of the second substrate, the first and second surfaces being parallel and the first and second optical elements being substantially centered along an optical axis of the optical system;
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- an active element positioned in optical communication with the optical system, wherein an imaging function of the optical system is distributed over at least the first and second optical elements.
A device, comprising:
- a plurality of substrates providing n parallel surfaces, adjacent substrates being secured at opposing substantially planar regions;
- an optical system including a first optical element on a first surface of the n parallel surfaces and a second optical element on a second surface the n parallel surfaces, the first and second surfaces being different, the first and second optical elements being substantially centered along an optical axis of the optical system;
- an active element on a surface of a bottom substrate of the plurality of substrates;
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- an electrical contact on a bottom surface of the bottom substrate, the electrical contact being in communication with the active element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.