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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Ams Sensors Germany Gmbh, Jena, DE;
Gunter Siess, Kraftsdorf, DE;
ams Sensors Germany GmbH, Jena, DE;
Abstract
A multi-spectral optical sensor comprises a plurality of apertures, a plurality of lens arrangements, a plurality of optical filters and a monolithic semiconductor chip defining a plurality of sub-arrays of optical detector regions, each sub-array comprising the same number and relative spatial arrangement of optical detector regions and the optical detector regions of each sub-array being arranged on a predetermined pitch in a direction parallel to a surface of the of the semiconductor chip. The multi-spectral optical sensor is configured so that light from a scene incident on any one of the apertures along any given direction of incidence is transmitted through the corresponding lens arrangement and the corresponding optical filter to the corresponding sub-array of optical detector regions so as to form an out-of-focus image at a plane of the optical detector regions of the corresponding sub-array of optical detector regions.