INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP4137790A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-22

    申请号:EP22200035.8

    申请日:2010-11-30

    Applicant: Imec VZW

    Abstract: The invention refers to an integrated circuit for an imaging system having arrays of optical sensors (40) and of optical filters (10), integrated with each other, each configured to pass a band of wavelengths, and further having read out circuitry (30) to read out pixel values from the array of sensors (40) to represent an image. Different ones of the optical filters (10) have different thicknesses to pass different bands of wavelengths by means of interference, to allow detection of a spectrum of wavelengths. The read out circuitry (30) has a wavelength selector for selecting between or combining read out signals of corresponding pixels of different optical filters (10). The invention further refers to an imaging system comprising such an integrated circuit and to a method of operating the imaging system to produce an output image by performing hyperspectral imaging.

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