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Granted Patent B2
US 11,209,311 · App. 16/822,929 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Multispectral filter

Inventor: Michael Klimek (Santa Rosa, CA)
Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
G01J3/2823G01J3/0294G01J3/2803G01J2003/2826
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,209,311
App. No.
16/822,929
Filed
Mar 18, 2020
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Examiner
AYUB, HINA F
Art Unit
2896
USPC
356/326
Abstract

An optical device may comprise an array of sensor elements that includes a plurality of pixels and a multispectral filter disposed on the array of sensor elements. The multispectral filter may be configured to pass a first transmission percentage of light of a particular spectral range to a first set of pixels of the plurality of pixels and pass a second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to a second set of pixels of the plurality of pixels.

Claims (72)

1. An optical device comprising:

an array of sensor elements that includes a plurality of pixels; and

a multispectral filter disposed on the array of sensor elements, configured to:

pass a first transmission percentage of light of a particular spectral range to a first set of pixels of the plurality of pixels; and

pass a second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to a second set of pixels of the plurality of pixels,

wherein the first transmission percentage is greater than 0%,

wherein the second transmission percentage is greater than 0%, and

wherein the second transmission percentage is different from the first transmission percentage.

2. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the multispectral filter includes an array of optical channels,

wherein a first optical channel, of the array of optical channels, is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the first set of pixels,

wherein the first optical channel includes a first bandpass filter associated with the particular spectral range and an optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage; and

wherein a second optical channel, of the array of optical channels, is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the second set of pixels,

wherein the second optical channel includes a second bandpass filter associated with the particular spectral range and an optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage.

3. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the multispectral filter includes a first filter section associated with the first transmission percentage and a second filter section associated with the second transmission percentage,

wherein an optical channel of the first filter section is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the first set of pixels; and

wherein an optical channel of the second filter section is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the second set of pixels.

4. The optical device of claim 3 , wherein an optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage is disposed on at least a portion of the first filter section that includes the optical channel of the first filter section, and

wherein an optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage is disposed on at least a portion of the second filter section that includes the optical channel of the second filter section.

5. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the multispectral filter includes an array of optical channels,

wherein an optical channel of the multispectral filter is configured to pass light of the particular spectral range,

wherein a first section of the optical channel is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the first set of pixels, and

wherein a second section of the optical channel is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the second set of pixels.

6. The optical device of claim 5 , wherein:

the first section of the optical channel includes a first optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage; and

the second section of the optical channel includes a second optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage.

7. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the multispectral filter includes an array of optical channels,

wherein each optical channel includes a plurality of optical channel sections configured to pass respective transmission percentages of light,

wherein a first section of a particular optical channel is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the first set of pixels, and

wherein a second section of the particular optical channel is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to the second set of pixels.

8. A system, comprising:

an array of sensor elements; and

a multispectral filter comprising a plurality of optical channels that is disposed on at least a portion of the array of sensor elements, configured to:

pass a first transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with a particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements; and

pass a second transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements,

wherein the first transmission percentage is greater than 0%,

wherein the second transmission percentage is greater than 0%, and

wherein the second transmission percentage is different from the first transmission percentage.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

a first optical channel, of the plurality of optical channels, is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements,

wherein the first optical channel is part of a filter section of the multispectral filter associated with the first transmission percentage; and

a second optical channel, of the plurality of optical channels, is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements,

wherein the second optical channel is part of a filter section of the multispectral filter associated with the second transmission percentage.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first optical channel includes a first bandpass filter associated with the particular spectral range and an optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage, and

wherein the second optical channel includes a second bandpass filter associated with the particular spectral range and an optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the multispectral filter comprises a plurality of filter sections and a respective set of optical channels, of the plurality of optical channels, is included in each filter section,

wherein an optical channel, of a set of optical channels associated with a first filter section, of the plurality of filter sections, is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements; and

wherein an optical channel, of a set of optical channels associated with a second filter section, of the plurality of filter sections, is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein each optical channel, of the plurality of optical channels, includes a plurality of optical channel sections,

wherein a first section of a particular optical channel, of the plurality of optical channels, is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements, and

wherein a second section of the particular optical channel is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first section of the particular optical channel includes an optical density coating configured to allow the first transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light to pass, and

wherein the second section of the particular optical channel includes an optical density coating configured to allow the second transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light to pass.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein a particular optical channel, of the plurality of optical channels, is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements and the second transmission percentage of bandpass filtered light associated with the particular spectral range to the array of sensor elements at the same time.

15. A multispectral filter comprising:

a plurality of optical channels,

wherein one or more optical channels, of the plurality of optical channels, are configured to:

pass a first transmission percentage of light associated with a particular spectral range to a first set of pixels of a multispectral sensor device; and

pass a second transmission percentage of light associated with the particular spectral range to a second set of pixels of the multispectral sensor device,

wherein the first transmission percentage is greater than 0%,

wherein the second transmission percentage is greater than 0%, and

wherein the second transmission percentage is different from the first transmission percentage.

16. The multispectral filter of claim 15 , wherein the one or more optical channels include a first optical channel that includes an optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage and a second optical channel that includes an optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage,

wherein the first optical channel and the second optical channel each include a respective bandpass filter configured to pass light of the particular spectral range.

17. The multispectral filter of claim 16 , wherein the first optical channel is associated with a first filter section of the multispectral filter that includes one or more additional optical channels that are each configured to pass a first transmission percentage of light associated with a different spectral range, and

wherein the second optical channel is associated with a second filter section of the multispectral filter that includes one or more additional optical channels that are each configured to pass a second transmission percentage of light associated with a different spectral range.

18. The multispectral filter of claim 15 , wherein the one or more optical channels include a particular optical channel that includes a plurality of optical channel sections,

wherein a first optical channel section of the particular optical channel includes a first bandpass filter associated with the particular spectral range and an optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage; and

wherein a second optical channel section of the particular optical channel includes a second bandpass filter associated with the particular spectral range and an optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage.

19. The multispectral filter of claim 15 , wherein a particular optical channel of the one or more optical channels is configured to pass the first transmission percentage of light associated with the particular spectral range via a first optical channel section of the particular optical channel, and

wherein the particular optical channel is configured to pass the second transmission percentage of light associated with the particular spectral range via a second optical channel section of the particular optical channel.

20. The multispectral filter of claim 19 , wherein an optical density coating associated with the first transmission percentage is disposed on the first optical channel section of the particular optical channel, and

wherein an optical density coating associated with the second transmission percentage is disposed on the second optical channel section of the particular optical channel.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 73189/0873 Recorded May 28, 2026
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: INERTIAL LABS, INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 075642/0381 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC; INERTIAL LABS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 073571/0137 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 21, 2025
From: INERTIAL LABS, INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073189/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: KLIMEK, MICHAEL
To: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 052157/0320 →
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