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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Ville Kettunen, Rüschlikon, CH;
Markus Rossi, Jona, CH;
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The optical apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate and at least one optics substrate. The semiconductor substrate comprises a first active region establishing a first image sensor, said semiconductor substrate further comprising an additional active region, different from said first active region. The additional active region establishes or is part of an additional sensor which is not an image sensor. And the at least one optics substrate comprises for said first image sensor at least one lens element for imaging light impinging on the optical apparatus from a front side onto the first image sensor. Preferably, at least two or rather at least three image sensors are provided, such that a computational camera can be realized. The additional sensor may comprise, e.g., an ambient light sensor and/or a proximity sensor.