Apple iPhone 14 Cameras
iPhone 14 vs iPhone 13: Cameras The iPhone 14 has two cameras on the back, just like the iPhone 13, but the newer model includes a faster aperture (ƒ/1.5 rather than…
Xiaomi Phones’ New Lens: Wafer-Level Glass and Liquid Lens
AAC Wafer-Level Glass+Plastic Lens in Xiaomi Redmi K40 GE Phone PRNewswire: Xiaomi’s Redmi K40 Gaming Edition is the first mobile phone to incorporate a Wafer Level Glass (WLG) hybrid camera lens.…
Camera: CIS Color Filter and Micro Lens Array Explained by VisEra
Color Filter and Micro Lens Array CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) is an imaging device that performs the role of an electronic film in digital photography equipments. VisEra’s CIS products are used…
3D: Coherent 3D Imager
A Nature paper “A universal 3D imaging sensor on a silicon photonics platform” by Christopher Rogers, Alexander Y. Piggott, David J. Thomson, Robert F. Wiser, Ion E. Opris, Steven A.…
Metalens: Flat Lens are coming.
Techcrunch: Metalenz raises $10M in series A investment to productize flat lens for camera module. “ We’re really using all standard semiconductor processes and materials here, the exact same equipment — but…
Optics: Metasurface color filters (MCFs) for 0.255um Pixels
OSA Optics Express paper “ Absorptive metasurface color filters based on hyperbolic metamaterials for a CMOS image sensor” shows a possibility of a straight Bayer pattern with 0.255um pixels. “…
Optics: Metalens, “beyond” lens
The concept of metamaterials has been around for a while, but the last two years has seen a surge in scientific and fabrication breakthroughs that could soon usher in a…