Making camera lighter, brighter and more compact
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What is Pixcurve?
PIXCURVE is CEA-Leti’s latest curving technology for various optical components. This technology helps significantly reduce optical component size and achieve higher level of performance and compensation for optical aberrations.
Compactness: Up to 60% reduction in lens size in some cases without altering the quality of the image.
Performance & compensation for optical aberrations:
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Minimizing the vignetting effect
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Enhancing field of view
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Enhancing luminosity
PIXCURVE is easy-to-implement for image sensor manufacturers, and allows integrators to fabricate more compact and higher quality cameras.
Applications:
CEA-Leti’s technology can be adapted to curve various optical components—2D & 3D imagers, IR sensors, Microdisplays—for:
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What's new?
CEA-Leti worked on different shapes for curved image sensors and microdispays including spherical, cylindrical or free-form. Tunable curvature technology is also being developed for adjustable shapes.
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What's next?
CEA-Leti is currently working on:
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Wafer level curvature technologies for high-volume applications
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Tunable curvature for disruptive optical applications
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Curved microdisplays
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Optical
designs dedicated to curved sensors
The institute is also partnering with industrial companies to help establish supply-chain solutions.