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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2012
Applicant:

Munib Wober, Topsfield, MA (US);

Inventor:

Munib Wober, Topsfield, MA (US);

Assignee:

ZENA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/43 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4204 (2013.01); G02B 6/421 (2013.01); G02B 6/43 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment relates to an image sensor comprising (a) a optical pipe comprising a core and a cladding, and (b) a pair of photosensitive elements comprising a central photosensitive element and a peripheral photosensitive element, wherein the central photosensitive element is operably coupled to the core and the peripheral photosensitive element is operably coupled to the cladding, and methods of fabricating and using the same. The image sensor could further comprise a lens structure or an optical coupler or an optical coupler over the optical pipe, wherein the lens structure or the optical coupler or the optical coupler is operably coupled to the optical pipe.


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