Method and apparatus for contact image sensing

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PATENT NO 9727772
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14910921

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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 INC1288 HAMMERWOOD AVENUE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Popovich, Milan Momcilo Leicester, GB 194 11367
Waldern, Jonathan David Los Altos Hills, US 190 11498

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