Optical arrangement comprising emitters and detectors on a common substrate
First Claim
1. An optical arrangement, comprising:
- a plurality of emitting elements operable to emit electromagnetic radiation;
a plurality of detecting elements operable to detect electromagnetic radiation, and which are manufactured in CMOS technology integrally within a CMOS substrate; and
an electronic evaluation and control unit to which the emitting elements and the detecting elements are connected,wherein;
(i) the emitting elements are arranged on a surface of the CMOS substrate, (ii) the emitting elements and the detecting elements are disposed discretely with respect to one another and next to one another such that they form an array arrangement together, the array arrangement operating to simultaneously display visual information, via the emitting elements, and detect optical information, via the detecting elements, and (iii) at least one of;
(a) the emitting elements and the detecting elements are arranged such that electromagnetic radiation incident from the light emitting elements is detected by the detecting elements, and (b) the emitting elements are transparent to electromagnetic radiation and are arranged above and covering the detecting elements.
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Abstract
The invention relates to optical arrangements which can be provided, preferably also in miniaturized form, for the most varied applications. They can be used in many sectors of life and also commercially, and indeed whenever information should be presented visually and/or optical information should be recognized and taken into account. It is the object of the invention to provide optical arrangements with which different optical information can be utilized in more complex form together in one arrangement. The optical arrangement in accordance with the invention is configured such that elements both emitting and detecting electromagnetic radiation are arranged on a common substrate or are configured thereat. A plurality of these elements are preferably present together in each case. It can, however, also be sufficient for specific applications to provide in each case an emitting or a detecting element with a plurality of the respective other elements.
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1. An optical arrangement, comprising:
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a plurality of emitting elements operable to emit electromagnetic radiation; a plurality of detecting elements operable to detect electromagnetic radiation, and which are manufactured in CMOS technology integrally within a CMOS substrate; and an electronic evaluation and control unit to which the emitting elements and the detecting elements are connected, wherein;
(i) the emitting elements are arranged on a surface of the CMOS substrate, (ii) the emitting elements and the detecting elements are disposed discretely with respect to one another and next to one another such that they form an array arrangement together, the array arrangement operating to simultaneously display visual information, via the emitting elements, and detect optical information, via the detecting elements, and (iii) at least one of;
(a) the emitting elements and the detecting elements are arranged such that electromagnetic radiation incident from the light emitting elements is detected by the detecting elements, and (b) the emitting elements are transparent to electromagnetic radiation and are arranged above and covering the detecting elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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