A SPECTROMETER MODULE
    1.
    发明公开
    A SPECTROMETER MODULE 审中-公开
    一个SPECTROMETER模块

    公开(公告)号:EP3184975A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-28

    申请号:EP15202374.3

    申请日:2015-12-23

    Applicant: IMEC VZW

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spectrometer module (10), comprising: a plurality of separate electronic circuit modules (20), each comprising an integrated sensor circuit including a light sensitive area (22) occupying part of an area of the integrated sensor circuit, the integrated sensor circuit being arranged to detect incident light, wherein the plurality of separate electronic circuit modules (20) include a group of adjacent electronic circuit modules (20) and the light sensitive areas (22) of the electronic circuit modules (20) are so arranged on the respective integrated sensor circuits that the group is mounted so that the light sensitive areas (22) thereof are arranged in vicinity to each other, and an optical module (10), which is common to said plurality of separate electronic circuit modules (20) and arranged to direct incident light towards the light sensitive areas (22) of each of said electronic circuit modules (20).

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种光谱仪模块(10),包括:多个独立的电子电路模块(20),每个电子电路模块包括集成传感器电路,集成传感器电路包括占据集成传感器电路的一部分区域的光敏区域(22) 所述集成传感器电路被布置为检测入射光,其中所述多个单独电子电路模块(20)包括一组相邻电子电路模块(20)和所述电子电路模块(20)的所述光敏区域(22)是 如此布置在相应的集成传感器电路上,使得该组被安装成使得其光敏区域(22)彼此邻近地布置,以及光学模块(10),其对于所述多个分离的电子电路模块 (20)并且布置成将入射光导向每个所述电子电路模块(20)的光敏区域(22)。

    A DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES IN AIR
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3839479A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-23

    申请号:EP19218692.2

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Applicant: Imec VZW

    Abstract: A device (1) for detecting particles in air; said device (1) comprising:
    a receiver (10) for receiving a flow of air (12) comprising particles (2);
    a particle capturing arrangement (20) configured to transfer the particles (2) from the flow of air (12) to a liquid for collection of a set of particles (2) in the liquid;
    a flow channel (30) configured to pass a flow of the liquid comprising the set of particles (2) through the flow channel;
    a light source (40) configured to illuminate the set of particles (2) in the flow channel, such that an interference pattern is formed by interference between light being scattered by the set of particles (2) and non-scattered light from the light source; and
    an image sensor (50) comprising a plurality of photo-sensitive elements (52) configured to detect incident light, the image sensor (50) being configured to detect the interference pattern.

    A COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING PARTICLES IN AIR AND A DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES IN AIR

    公开(公告)号:EP3839474A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-23

    申请号:EP19218696.3

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Applicant: Imec VZW

    Abstract: A collector (60, 90, 100) for collecting particles (2) in air, said collector (60, 90, 100) comprising:
    a substrate (61), which is adapted to enable imaging of the particles (2);
    an adhesive layer (65) arranged on a collector side (62) of the substrate (61), said adhesive layer (65) being formed by an adhesive material;
    a protection element (67), which is configured to protect the adhesive layer (65) before collection of particles (2);
    wherein the collector (60, 90, 100) is configured to allow release of protection of the adhesive layer (65) by the protection element (67) to expose an adhesive surface (66) of the adhesive layer (65) to ambient air for collecting particles (2) on the adhesive surface (66); and
    wherein the collector (60, 90, 100) is further configured for presenting a particle sample carrier (70) having a smooth top surface (68) and a smooth bottom surface (69) for preventing light from being diffusely scattered by the particle sample carrier (70).

    INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP4137790A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-22

    申请号:EP22200035.8

    申请日:2010-11-30

    Applicant: Imec VZW

    Abstract: The invention refers to an integrated circuit for an imaging system having arrays of optical sensors (40) and of optical filters (10), integrated with each other, each configured to pass a band of wavelengths, and further having read out circuitry (30) to read out pixel values from the array of sensors (40) to represent an image. Different ones of the optical filters (10) have different thicknesses to pass different bands of wavelengths by means of interference, to allow detection of a spectrum of wavelengths. The read out circuitry (30) has a wavelength selector for selecting between or combining read out signals of corresponding pixels of different optical filters (10). The invention further refers to an imaging system comprising such an integrated circuit and to a method of operating the imaging system to produce an output image by performing hyperspectral imaging.

    AN IMAGE SENSOR, AN IMAGING DEVICE, AN IMAGING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:EP3348974A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-18

    申请号:EP17151830.1

    申请日:2017-01-17

    Applicant: IMEC vzw

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image sensor for spectral imaging, said image sensor (100) comprising: an array (102) of light-detecting elements (104); and at least one filter arrangement (108) being arranged on the array (102) for defining a plurality of separate sensor blocks (106) comprising at least: a first mosaic block (106a) associated with a first mosaic filter (1 08a) and comprising a first plurality of rows of the array (102) to acquire a first sub-image in two spatial dimensions, wherein image points in the first sub-image has a spectral resolution defined by unique wavelength bands detected in sub-groups of the light-detecting elements; and a second block (1 06b) comprising a second plurality of rows of the array (102) to acquire a second sub-image in two spatial dimensions wherein each image point in the second sub-image corresponds to a single light-detecting element (104).

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IN-LINE LENS-FREE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY OF AN OBJECT
    8.
    发明公开
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IN-LINE LENS-FREE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY OF AN OBJECT 审中-公开
    履行镜头电子数字线路上的设备和方法全息术的对象

    公开(公告)号:EP3077876A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-12

    申请号:EP14809614.2

    申请日:2014-12-02

    Applicant: IMEC VZW

    Abstract: An apparatus, associated method, use and computer program product for performing in-line lens-free digital holography of an object (4), the apparatus comprising: - a single point light source (2) adapted for emitting coherent light; - an image sensing device (5) adapted for recording interference patterns resulting from interference from light waves directly originating from the point light source and object light waves (7) originating from scattering or reflection of light waves from the point light source by the object (4), the image sensing device comprising a plurality of pixels (50); wherein the image sensing device is adapted for receiving and recording, at the same moment in time, a plurality of interference patterns by a respective plurality of disjoint subsets of pixels. Advantageously, the source is a broadband light source, and each said subsets of pixels is registered with a colour filter selected among a set (e.g. 4) of narrow band, non-overlapping wavelength filters (I,II,III,IV).

    Abstract translation: (2)适于发射相干光的单个点光源; - :用于执行对象的直列无透镜数字全息(4),该装置包括一种装置,相关联的方法,用途和计算机程序产品 - (图像感测装置(5)适于记录的干涉图案由从光波从所述点光源和对象光波(7)发起直接源自由对象散射或来自点光源的光波的反射干涉产生 4),所述图像感测装置,其包括像素的多个(50); worin图像感测装置是用于angepasst通过像素的不相交子集的respectivement多元性时间接收和记录,在同一时刻,干涉图案的多个。 有利地,所述源是一个宽带光源,并且像素的每个所述子集与窄带,不重叠的波长滤波器的一组(例如,4)中选择的滤色器注册(I,II,III,IV)。

    A DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES IN AIR
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3839636A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-23

    申请号:EP19218700.3

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Applicant: Imec VZW

    Abstract: A device (1) for detecting particles (2) in air; said device (1) comprising:
    a flow channel (30), wherein the flow channel (30) is configured to allow a flow of air (12) comprising particles (2) through the flow channel (30);
    a light source (40) configured to illuminate the particles (2) in the flow of air (12), such that an interference pattern is formed by interference between light being scattered by the particles (2) and non-scattered light from the light source (40);
    an image sensor (50) configured to detect incident light, the image sensor (50) being configured to detect the interference pattern, and wherein the image sensor (50) is configured to acquire a time-sequence of image frames, each image frame comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel representing a detected intensity of light; and
    a frame processor (70) configured to filter information in the time-sequence of image frames, wherein said filtering comprises:
    identifying pixels of interest in the time-sequence of image frames, said pixels of interest picturing an interference pattern potentially representing a particle (2) in the flow of air (12), and
    outputting said identified pixels of interest for performing digital holographic reconstruction on the identified pixels of interest.

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