Multispectral dielectric micro-filter arrays for local resolving color sensors

Marcus Frank; Uwe B. Schallenberg; Norbert Kaiser

doi:10.1117/1.601765

1 September 1998 Multispectral dielectric micro-filter arrays for local resolving color sensors

Marcus Frank, Uwe B. Schallenberg, Norbert Kaiser

Optical Engineering, Vol. 37, Issue 9, (September 1998). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601765

Dielectric microfilters are designed and developed providing different filter functions on 3-in. substrates. Combining several coating procedures, microlithographic techniques, and dry-etching processes, spectral properties of basic filters are modified within patterns with feature sizes down to 5 µm, resulting in large-area filter patterns (>5 cm2) with multiple spectral characteristics and vertical edge profiles. By applying these techniques within a three-step-iterative procedure red, green, and blue filters (RGB) are arranged edge to edge on one substrate to form a multispectral dielectric microfilter array for use as a key component in a local resolving color sensor. These microfilters are arranged in an array of 19 identical hexagons consisting of three rhombi each. The number of these arrays amounts to 81 on a single 3-in. substrate. A modular setup of a compact local resolving color sensor is presented, consisting of Si p-i -n photoelectric cells, dielectric microfilter arrays, an imaging lens, and a final glass cover plate with an IR-blocking filter.

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Marcus Frank, Uwe B. Schallenberg, and Norbert Kaiser "Multispectral dielectric micro-filter arrays for local resolving color sensors," Optical Engineering 37(9), (1 September 1998). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601765

Published: 1 September 1998

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