摘要:
An image sensor array and method of fabrication which facilitates replacement of a defective one in a series of arrays butted together to form a longer scanning array in which a (110) silicon wafer having a row of photosites has separation lines etched thereon by orientation dependent etching along the (111) planes, with the separation lines for the opposite ends of the array each consisting of first and second partial boundary lines longitudinally offset from one another connected by a third boundary line so that the ends of the array have a has a generally L-shaped offset permitting bi-directional separating and aligned inserting movement when replacing a defective array.In a second embodiment, the arrays are formed on (100) silicon with alternating `nail` head and `mesa` head shapes to facilitate removal and replacement of a defective array.
摘要:
An image sensor array and method of fabrication which facilitates replacement of a defective one in a series of arrays butted together to form a longer scanning array in which a (110) silicon wafer having a row of photosites has separation lines etched thereon by orientation dependent etching along the (111) planes, with the separation lines for the opposite ends of the array each consisting of first and second partial boundary lines longitudinally offset from one another connected by a third boundary line so that the ends of the array have a has a generally L-shaped offset permitting bi-directional separating and aligned inserting movement when replacing a defective array.In a second embodiment, the arrays are formed on (100) silicon with alternating `nail` head and `mesa` head shapes to facilitate removal and replacement of a defective array.
摘要:
An image sensor array and method of fabrication which facilitates replacement of a defective one in a series of arrays butted together to form a longer scanning array in which a (110) silicon wafer having a row of photosites has separation lines etched thereon by orientation dependent etching along the (111) planes, with the separation lines for the opposite ends of the array each consisting of first and second partial boundary lines longitudinally offset from one another connected by a third boundary line so that the ends of the array have a has a generally L-shaped offset permitting bi-directional separating and aligned inserting movement when replacing a defective array.In a second embodiment, the arrays are formed on (100) silicon with alternating `nail` head and `mesa` head shapes to facilitate removal and replacement of a defective array.
摘要:
Apparatus and method of fabricating a sensor array from a (110) silicon substrate having a row of photosites to provides a sensor array chip with uniformly smooth and angled ends designed to permit the chip to be lock butted end to end with other like chips to form a full length scanning array in which the substrate is etched for separation along the (111) planes at the desired boundaries of the chip, the etched boundaries delimiting the chip ends running between selected pairs of photosites to provide whole photosites right up to the ends of the chip so as to avoid any cap or interruption between the photosites at the junctions with other chips.In a second embodiment, the chip ends are formed with complementary irregular shapes to enhance locating and butting of the chips with one another, and in a third embodiment, grooves are etched between each of the photosites in the row to assure photosite uniformity and prevent cross talk between photosites.
摘要:
Apparatus and method of fabricating a sensor array from a (110) silicon substrate having a row of photosites to provide a sensor array chip with uniformly smooth and angled ends designed to permit the chip to be lock butted end to end with other like chips to form a full length scanning array in which the substrate is etched for separation along the (111) planes at the desired boundaries of the chip, the etched boundaries delimiting the chip ends running between selected pairs of photosites to provide whole photosites right up to the ends of the chip so as to avoid any gap or interruption between the photosites at the junctions with other chips.In a second embodiment, the chip ends are formed with complementary irregular shapes to enhance locating and butting of the chips with one another, and in a third embodiment, grooves are etched between each of the photosites in the row to assure photosite uniformity and prevent cross talk between photosites.
摘要:
An apparatus for recording an image on a sheet comprises a linear array of light sources and an optical element for transmitting light emitted from the light sources. The optical element comprises a light-transmissive member, having an entry surface for disposal near the light sources. The entry surface defines at least one set of prisms. The optical element can further define a DCPC (dielectric compound parabolic concentrator) in cross-section. Collection optics, such as a SELFOC® lens, receives light reflected from the sheet. Each prism of the optical element defines an angle whereby light exiting the optical element is outside the acceptance angle of the collection optics.
摘要:
In an imaging apparatus such as a scanner or digital camera, a photosensitive device includes multiple linear arrays of photosensors. One of the arrays has a higher spatial resolution than other arrays. The high-resolution array is filtered to detect different portions of the color spectrum than the low-resolution arrays.
摘要:
A photosensitive imaging device for recording images across the entire visible spectrum includes a set of photosensors which have a peak response around the orange part of the spectrum, about 600 nm. The peak response is obtained by combining responses of, in one case, photosensors associated with a filter which admits red or infrared wavelengths and longer and photosensors associated with a filter which admits orange wavelengths and longer. In another case, the photosensor is structured to attenuate longer wavelengths, which, in combination with a filter which admits orange and longer wavelengths, can simulate a peak behavior around the orange part of the spectrum.
摘要:
An improved and lower cost color spectrophotometer, especially suitable for on-line color printer color control systems, incorporating a low cost commercial imaging chip, which normally only forms part of a three row, three color, document imaging bar used for imaging documents in scanners, digital copiers, or multifunction products, having multiple photo-sites with at least three different color filters in three rows. This multiple photo-sites chip may be modified to also provide unfiltered photo-sites. This spectrophotometer may have a substantially reduced number of different LED or other spectral illumination sources, one of which may be for white light, yet provide multiple spectral data outputs from the differently filtered photo-sites being simultaneous illuminated by the light reflected from a color test target area which is being sequentially illuminated by the respective limited number of LEDs, enabling broad spectrum information and color control.
摘要:
A full-color scanning array uses CMOS active pixel cells, or photogates, as photosensors. A set of photogates, each photogate being specifically filtered for one primary color, is associated with a common node. A clearing gate downstream of the common node applies a relatively high potential to a selected photogate, for the purpose of clearing any charge from the photogate. In this way, the integration time for the photogate can be started at a precise time, and the effective exposure time of each photogate can thereby be precisely controlled. Alternately, one of the set of photogates can be repeatedly cleared without a signal being read therefrom, allowing the array to operate in a monochrome mode.