Multi-aperture optics for wafer-level cameras

Andreas Brückner; Robert Leitel; Alexander Oberdörster; Peter Dannberg; Frank C. Wippermann; Andreas Bräuer

doi:10.1117/1.3659144

1 October 2011 Multi-aperture optics for wafer-level cameras

Andreas Brückner, Robert Leitel, Alexander Oberdörster, Peter Dannberg, Frank C. Wippermann, Andreas Bräuer

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Funded by: Insect inspired imaging

Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, Vol. 10, Issue 4, 043010 (October 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3659144

Abstract

Wafer-level optics is considered to yield imaging lenses for cameras of the smallest possible form factor. The high accuracy of the applied microsystem technologies and the parallel fabrication of thousands of modules on the wafer level make it a hot topic for high-volume applications with respect to quality and costs. However, the adaption of existing materials and technologies from microoptics for the manufacturing of millimeter scale lens diameters led to yield problems due to material shrinkage and z-height accuracy. A multi-aperture approach to real-time vision systems is proposed that overcomes these issues because it relies on microlens arrays. The demonstrated prototype achieves VGA (Video Graphics Array, 640×480 pixels) resolution with a thickness of 1.4 mm, which is a thickness reduction of 50% compared to single-aperture equivalents. The partial images that are separately recorded in different channels are stitched together to form a final image of the whole field of view by means of image processing. Distortion is corrected within the processing chain. The microlens arrays are realized by state-of-the-art micro-optical fabrication techniques on wafer level that are suitable for a potential application in high volume, e.g., for consumer electronic products.

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Andreas Brückner, Robert Leitel, Alexander Oberdörster, Peter Dannberg, Frank C. Wippermann, and Andreas Bräuer "Multi-aperture optics for wafer-level cameras," Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS 10(4), 043010 (1 October 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3659144

Published: 1 October 2011

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