A compact snapshot multispectral imager with a monolithically integrated per-pixel filter mosaic

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8974, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Geelen, Bert ^a   Tack, Nicolaas ^a   Lambrechts, Andy ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Monolithic integration; Mosaic focal plane array; Multispectral CMOS sensor; Per pixel filters; Snapshot acquisition; Snapshot multispectral camera

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CMOS SENSORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; MOSAIC FOCAL PLANE; MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERAS; SNAPSHOT ACQUISITION;

PIXELS;

EID: 84900795871     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2037607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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