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Method and apparatus for contact image sensing

US10089516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2017
Grant dateOct 2, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0056
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A contact image sensor having an illumination source; a first SBG array device; a transmission grating; a second SBG array device; a waveguiding layer including a multiplicity of waveguide cores separated by cladding material; an upper clad layer; and a platen. The sensor further includes: an input element for coupling light from the illumination source into the first SBG array; a coupling element for coupling light out of the cores into output optical paths coupled to a detector having at least one photosensitive element.

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