Photo detecting sensor having micro lens array

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10436634-B2
Application number	US-201514954334-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

The exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a photo detecting sensor including a photo detector configured to detect an optical signal incident on an active detecting area for optical detection, an optical part arranged at a front side of the photo detector to pass the optical signal, and a micro lens array interposed between the optical part and the photo detector to concentrate the optical signal having passed the optical part to within the active detecting area of the photo detector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A photo detecting sensor, comprising:
a photo detector detecting an optical signal incident on an active detecting area;
an optical part disposed at a front side of the photo detector, and passing the optical signal; and
a micro lens array disposed between the optical part and the photo detector, and concentrating the optical signal passing through the optical part to the active detecting area of the photo detector,
wherein the micro lens array includes a plurality of first micro lenses having a concave lens characteristic and a plurality of second micro lenses having a convex lens characteristic, and the first micro lenses and the second micro lenses are formed through a roll-to-roll method,
wherein the first micro lenses and the second micro lenses are formed to have an embossed hemisphere or an engraved hemisphere, and
wherein the micro lens array is arranged with the plurality of first micro lenses having the concave lens characteristic toward a central area of the micro lens array, and with the plurality of second micro lenses having the convex lens characteristic toward a non-active area of the micro lens array.

2. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first micro lenses are arranged at an inner side of the plurality of second micro lenses.

3. The photo detecting sensor of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of first micro lens part includes a plurality of concave lenses, and the plurality of second micro lenses include a plurality of convex lenses.

4. The photo detecting sensor of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of concave lenses has a size different from each of the plurality of convex lenses.

5. The photo detecting sensor of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of concave lenses corresponds to each of the plurality of convex lenses.

6. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first micro lenses has a same size.

7. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of second micro lenses has a same size.

8. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein the micro lens array is arranged by being attached to a surface of the photo detector.

9. The photo detecting sensor of claim 3 , wherein the number of plurality of concave lenses and the number of plurality of convex lenses are determined in consideration of current resistance and optical energy for each position inside the active detecting area.

10. The photo detecting sensor of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of concave lenses and the plurality of convex lenses are symmetrical based on a central point of the micro lens array.

11. The photo detecting sensor of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of concave lenses and the plurality of convex lenses are symmetrical based on an imaginary line passing a center of the micro lens array.

12. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein the micro lens array includes a substrate and a plurality of lenses so formed at one surface or both surfaces of the substrate to have a concave shape or a convex shape.

13. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein the non-active area is arranged at an outside of the central area.

14. The photo detecting sensor of claim 13 , wherein the central area is incident by optical signals gathered in small-sized spots, albeit having a great optical power over that of the non-active area.

15. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein the micro lens array is configured in a manner such that optical signals incident on a central area are dispersed, and optical signals incident on the non-active area arranged at an outside of the central area are gathered to allow advancing to the photo detector.

16. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein shapes of bottom surfaces of the first micro lenses and the second micro lenses are regular hexagon.

17. The photo detecting sensor of claim 1 , wherein a first light incident from outside is refracted and dispersed by the plurality of first micro lenses to have spots of greater size at the central area formed with the plurality of first micro lenses and a second light incident from outside by the plurality of second micro lenses is refracted to have spots of smaller size at the non-active area formed with the plurality of second micro lenses.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Bo Lam
• Lee Sang Keun

Classifications

• G01J1/42

  using electric radiation detectors (optical or mechanical part G01J1/04; by comparison with a reference light or electric value G01J1/10) · CPC title

• G01J1/06 Primary

  Restricting the angle of incident light · CPC title

• G01J2001/061

  Baffles · CPC title

• G01J1/0407

  Optical elements not provided otherwise, e.g. manifolds, windows, holograms, gratings · CPC title

• G01J1/0411 Primary

  using focussing or collimating elements, i.e. lenses or mirrors; Aberration correction · CPC title