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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Inventors:
Eric R. Fossum, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Leo Anzagira, Hanover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); G01J 4/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); G01J 4/04 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 5/3058 (2013.01); G02B 27/288 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H04N 9/04555 (2018.08);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide an image sensor that includes (i) quanta image sensor having an array of jots and configured for spatial and temporal oversampling, and (ii) a polarization filter array monolithically integrated with the quanta image sensor, so as to provide for a polarization image sensor. The image sensor may also include a color filter array.