Method and apparatus for contact image sensing
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Aug 8, 2017
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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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DIGILENS INC | 1288 HAMMERWOOD AVENUE SUNNYVALE CA 94089 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Popovich, Milan Momcilo | Leicester, GB | 194 | 11367 |
# of filed Patents : 194 Total Citations : 11367 | |||
Waldern, Jonathan David | Los Altos Hills, US | 190 | 11498 |
# of filed Patents : 190 Total Citations : 11498 |
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