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Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design

Patent 7105795 Issued on September 12, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 24, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

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Application

No. 10924553 filed on 08/24/2004

US Classes:

250/208.1Plural photosensitive image detecting element arrays

Examiners

Primary: Epps, Georgia
Assistant: Livedalen, Brian

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

H01L 27/00
H01J 3/14
H01J 5/16
H01J 40/14

Abstract

An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium. The image transfer medium can be configured as a k-space filter that correlates a pitch associated with the receptors to a diffraction-limited spot associated with the image transfer medium, wherein the pitch can be unit-mapped to about the size of the diffraction-limited spot.

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