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    The invention relates to a multispectral imaging device comprising: - a photosensitive DET detector formed of a matrix of pixels, - a microlens array ML1, ML2, ML3 replicating this matrix of pixels, - a filtering module MF formed of a matrix of elementary filters λ1, λ2, λ3 replicating this matrix of pixels, the device is remarkable in that the microlens array being arranged directly in contact with the detector DET, the filtering module MF is produced on a SS substrate which is reported in contact with the microlens array.
    公开号:FR3050831A1
    申请号:FR1600716
    申请日:2016-04-29
    公开日:2017-11-03
    发明作者:Stephane Tisserand；Laurent Roux；Marc Hubert；Vincent Sauget；Aurelien Faiola
    申请人:Silios Technologies SA；
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    专利说明:

    Multispectral license device
    The present invention relates to a multispectral imaging device. The spectrometric analysis aims in particular the search for chemical constituents used in the composition of a solid, liquid or gaseous medium. This involves recording the absorption spectrum in reflection or transmission of this medium. The light that interacts with it is absorbed in certain wavelength bands. This selective absorption is a signature of some or all of the constituents of the medium. The range of wavelengths of the spectrum to be measured may belong to ultra-violet and / or visible radiation and / or infrared (near, medium, far).
    This analysis is commonly done using a spectrometer.
    Some spectrometers use at least one Fabry-Perot filter.
    For the record, such a filter is a blade with a parallel face of a material (usually of low refractive index such as air, silica, ...) called spacing membrane (more commonly "spacer" in English terminology -Saxon), this membrane appearing between two mirrors. It is often performed by deposition of thin layers under vacuum. Thus, for a filter whose bandwidth is centered on a central wavelength λ, the first mirror consists of m alternations of layers of optical thickness λ / 4 of a high index material H and a low index material. B. This mirror can also be a semi-reflective thin metal layer. The spacer membrane frequently consists of 2 layers of the low index material B of optical thickness λ / 4. In general, the second mirror is symmetrical with the first. The modification of the geometric thickness of the spacer membrane makes it possible to tune the filter to the central wavelength for which the optical thickness is a multiple of λ / 2.
    A known technique relies on a filtering module comprising a band filter to be analyzed. If the number of bands is n, the production of n filters thus passes through n separate fabrications in vacuum deposition. The cost is thus very important (and almost proportional to the number n of bands) for the small series and becomes really interesting only for sufficiently large series. In addition, here too the possibilities of miniaturization are very limited and it is difficult to envisage a large number of filters.
    A more recently developed alternative implements a Fabry-Perot filtering module, the two mirrors being no longer parallel but arranged in a wedge shape with respect to the profile in a plane perpendicular to the substrate. In this plane marked Oxy, the axes Ox and Oy respectively being collinear and perpendicular to the substrate, the thickness according to Oy of the spacer membrane varies linearly as a function of the position according to Ox where it is measured.
    Document US 2006/0209413 teaches a wavelength spectroscopy device comprising such a filtering module. It follows that the tuning wavelength here varies continuously along the Ox axis.
    These different technologies make it possible to analyze an object with a satisfactory spectral resolution when looking for a continuous spectrum.
    They are also well suited in the case where a finite number of relatively fine bandwidths (i.e., a discrete spectrum as opposed to a continuous spectrum) is sufficient to identify the desired constituents.
    However, they consider the object to be analyzed as an inseparable entity, that is to say unresolved spatially, and they are not able to identify transmission or optical reflection variations within the object itself.
    Thus, document FR 2 904 432 teaches an optical filter matrix structure and an associated image sensor. This is to achieve the obtaining of different colors. Indeed, from three fundamental colors taken from the visible spectrum (red, green, blue), we can reconstitute the majority of the colors.
    In the present case, a filter matrix is used on the surface of a matrix of detectors. The filter matrix is here a so-called "Bayer" matrix but this does not matter for the present invention. The matrix of detectors is a matrix called APS CMOS ("Active Pixel Sensor Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor" in English terminology). This matrix is implemented on a semiconductor substrate on the surface of which are arranged photosensitive zones, electronic circuits and electrical connections.
    On an elementary pixel, the photosensitive zone represents only a part of the total surface, the rest of the surface being occupied by the control electronics. It is therefore necessary to provide microlenses, one per pixel, to focus the incident light on the photosensitive area of the pixel. The filter matrix is arranged in contact with the detector so that the assembly is a component consisting of a filter-detector-microlens stack.
    Indeed, it is not possible to deposit the filter matrix on microlenses since the topology of these microlenses is very marked. In addition, the microlenses are resin so that it seems difficult to achieve an inorganic filter on an organic material.
    Or the angular aperture of the incident beam on the filters is important when they are arranged under the microlenses. The response of the filters is very much related to this angle of incidence. This results in a change in the spectral response.
    To avoid this problem of angular incidence on the filters we could consider removing the microlenses. However, the photosensitive area has a reduced area by reference to the total area of the pixel. The gain in sensitivity brought by the microlens is about 50%. It therefore seems inappropriate to lose sensitivity by removing microlenses.
    It should also be mentioned that the production yield of such a component is relatively low. The overall yield is substantially equal to the product of the three following yields: - manufacture of the detector, - manufacture of the filter matrix, - manufacture of the microlens array.
    It follows that by multiplying the manufacturing operations, the overall yield is reduced accordingly.
    The present invention thus relates to a multispectral imaging device which does not have the limitations mentioned above.
    According to the invention, a multispectral imaging device comprises: a photosensitive detector formed of a matrix of pixels; a microlens array replicating this matrix of pixels; a filtering module formed of a matrix of replicating elementary filters. this matrix of pixels, a device that is remarkable in that, the microlens array being arranged directly in contact with the detector, the filtering module is formed on a substrate which is brought into contact with the microlens array.
    It is advantageous to arrange the filters above the microlenses to avoid problems related to the angle of incidence on these filters.
    By keeping the microlenses, the sensitivity of the device is preserved.
    As regards the production efficiency, the device according to the invention has an undeniable advantage. It is indeed possible to sort the filtering modules to associate them with detectors which are also sorted. On the other hand, there is great flexibility in the choice of the configuration of the filter module and the detector. It is possible to adapt the filtering to a large number of detectors to attach to a particular characteristic of the imager: resolution, sensitivity, noise ...
    Advantageously, the filtering module is stuck on its periphery to the detector.
    There is no glue between the filter module and the detector as opposed to gluing all over the surface.
    A first advantage of this solution lies in the preservation of the optical function of the microlenses, which ensures a 50% gain in the luminous flux at the level of the photosensitive zone. The presence of glue between the filter module and the microlenses considerably reduces the effectiveness of the latter because the glue has a refractive index close to that of the lenses.
    A second advantage of this solution is that the interference fringes due to the unavoidable air gap between the filter module and the detector are much less contrasted than in the presence of glue (about 10 times less).
    According to an additional feature, the filter module is provided with alignment patterns.
    According to a preferred embodiment, the filtering module consisting of two mirrors separated by a spacer membrane, this filtering module comprising a plurality of filtering cells, the filtering cells each comprise at least two filters.
    Preferably, at least one of the filters has a bandpass transfer function.
    In a particular arrangement, at least some of the filters are aligned in a first ribbon.
    Likewise, at least some of the filters are aligned in a second ribbon parallel to and disjoint from the first ribbon.
    Advantageously, at least two of the filters that are adjacent are separated by a crosstalk barrier.
    According to another additional feature, the detector is integrated in CMOS technology.
    Optionally, at least one of the filters is panchromatic. The advantage of adopting a spectral broadband filter is that it gives a photometric reference to the image. The integrated flux level on this spectral band is equivalent to the flux contained in the "color" bands. This avoids the blindness of neighboring pixels of the panchromatic pixel.
    The present invention will now appear in greater detail in the context of the description which follows of exemplary embodiments given by way of illustration with reference to the appended figures which represent: FIG. 1, the block diagram of a filter cell to a dimension, more particularly: - Figure 1a, a top view of this cell, and - Figure 1b, a sectional view of this cell; FIGS. 2a to 2c, three steps of a first embodiment of a filtering module; FIGS. 3a to 3f, six steps of a second embodiment of this filtering module; FIG. 4, the block diagram of a two-dimensional filtering module; FIG. 5, a diagram of a filter module with 64 filters provided with a screening grid; FIG. 6, the diagram of a filtering module whose cells each comprise nine filters; - Figure 7, a sectional diagram of a device according to the invention.
    The elements present in several figures are assigned a single reference.
    We begin by describing the filtering module which comprises a plurality of generally identical filtering cells.
    With reference to FIGS. 1a and 1b, a filtering cell comprises three interference filters of the Fabry-Perot type FP1, FP2, FP3 successively aligned so that they form a ribbon.
    This cell is constituted by the stacking on a substrate SUB, glass or silica, for example, a first mirror M1, a spacing membrane SP and a second mirror MIR2.
    The spacer membrane SP which defines the central wavelength of each filter is therefore constant for a given filter and varies from one filter to another. Its profile has a staircase shape because each filter has a substantially rectangular surface.
    A first method of producing the filtering module in thin film technology is given by way of example.
    With reference to FIG. 2a, the first mirror MIR1 is first deposited on the substrate SUB and then a layer or set of dielectric layers TF called to define the spacing membrane SP. The mirror is either metallic or dielectric.
    With reference to FIG. 2b, this dielectric TF is etched: firstly at the level of the second FP2 and third FP3 filters to define the thickness of the spacing membrane SP at the level of the second filter FP2, in a second time at the third filter FP3 to define at its level the thickness of this membrane.
    The spacer membrane SP at the first filter FP1 has the thickness of the deposit.
    Referring to Figure 2c, the second mirror MIR2 is deposited on the spacing membrane SP to finalize the three filters.
    Spacing membrane SP can be obtained by deposition of a TF dielectric then successive etchings as presented above, but it can also be obtained by several successive deposition of thin layers. By way of example, the range of wavelengths 800 to 1000 nm can be scanned by modifying the optical thickness of the spacing membrane from 1.4 λο / 2 to 2.6 λο / 2 (for λο = 900 nm and n = 1.45 while e varies between 217 nm and 403 nm).
    It should be noted here that the thickness of the spacer membrane must be sufficiently small to obtain only a transmission band in the area to be probed. Indeed, the more this thickness is increased, the more the number of wavelengths satisfying the condition [ne = k λ / 2] increases.
    A second method of producing the filtering module is now exposed.
    With reference to FIG. 3a, thermal oxidation of a silicon SIL substrate is first performed on its lower face OX1 and on its upper face OX2.
    With reference to FIG. 3b, the bottom faces 0X1 and upper 0X2 of the substrate are respectively covered with a lower layer PHR1 and a top layer PHR2 of photoresist. Then, a rectangular opening is made in the lower layer PHR1 by photolithography.
    With reference to FIG. 3c, the thermal oxide of the lower face OX1 is etched in line with the rectangular opening made in the lower layer PHR1. The lower layers PHR1 and higher PHR2 are then removed.
    With reference to FIG. 3d, an anisotropic etching of the substrate SIL (crystallographic orientation 1-0-0 for example) is carried out at right angles to the rectangular opening, the thermal oxide of the underside 0X1 serving as a mask and that of the top face 0X2 serving as an etch stop layer. It can be either a wet etching with a solution of potash (KOH) or trimethyl ammonium hydroxyl (TMAH) or a dry plasma etching. It results from this operation that only an oxide membrane remains at the bottom of the rectangular opening.
    With reference to FIG. 3e, this oxide is etched: firstly at the second FP2 and third FP3 filters to define the thickness of the spacer membrane SP at the level of the second filter FP2, in a second step at the level of the third filter FP3 to define at its level the thickness of this SP membrane.
    With reference to FIG. 3f, the first M1 and second M2 mirrors are deposited on the lower faces OX1 and the upper surface OX2 of the substrate SIL.
    The embodiment of the filtering module may optionally be terminated by depositing a passivation layer (not shown) on one and / or on the other of the bottom faces 0X1 and upper 0X2. The invention therefore makes it possible to produce a set of aligned filters, which filters can thus be referenced in a one-dimensional space.
    With reference to FIG. 4, the invention also makes it possible to organize the filtering cells in a two-dimensional space. Such an organization is often called matrix.
    Four identical horizontal ribbons each comprise four cells. The first ribbon, which appears at the top of the figure, corresponds to the first line of a matrix and comprises the cells IF11 to IF14. The second, the third, and the fourth ribbon respectively comprise IF21 cells at IF24, IF31 filters at IF34, and IF41 cells at IF44, respectively. The organization is called matrix because the cell IFjk belongs to the jth horizontal ribbon and also to a kth vertical ribbon which includes the cells IF1k, IF2k, IF4k.
    With reference to FIG. 5, it is desirable to separate the different filters from the filter module in order to avoid partial overlapping of a filter on a filter that is adjacent to it and to minimize a possible problem of crosstalk. To do this, we can add on the filter module a grid (black in the figure) constituting a crosstalk barrier to delimit all the filters. This grid will be absorbent. For example, an absorbent grid may be made by deposition and etching of a black chrome (chromium + chromium oxide) while a reflective grid may be made by deposition and etching of chromium.
    Referring to Figure 6, each filter cell now has 9 filters. These cells are each a square in which each filter fits on a distinct wavelength λ1, λ2, A3, A4, ..., A9.
    In this figure, for the sake of clarity, the spacing between the cells has been voluntarily increased with respect to the spacing between two filters. In reality, of course, these spacings are identical.
    The filtering module is therefore associated with a detector able to measure the luminous fluxes produced by the different filters. This detector is formed of a plurality of compartments.
    With reference to FIG. 7, the MF filtering module is presented, which is shown in FIG.
    The DET detector is made in CMOS technology on a silicon SS substrate. In the center of each compartment CP1, CP2, CP3 square form a photosensitive area PS1, PS2, PS3.
    Above each compartment CP1, CP2, CP3 is a microlens ML1, ML2, ML3 whose diameter is equal to the side of the compartment.
    The filtering module MF bears on the microlens array ML1, ML2, ML3 so that the filters λ1, λ2, A3 are opposite microlenses ML1, ML2, ML3.
    The positioning of this MF module is done by means of alignment patterns, a technique known in photolithography by the skilled person that will not be more developed.
    The filter module MF is fixed on the detector DET by means of a glue border ST.
    To fix the ideas, it will be specified that the pixels commonly have a size of the order of 5 microns.
    The embodiments of the invention presented above have been chosen in view of their concrete nature. It would not be possible, however, to exhaustively list all the embodiments covered by this invention. In particular, any means described may be replaced by equivalent means without departing from the scope of the present invention.
    权利要求:
    Claims (10)
    [1" id="c-fr-0001]
    1) Multispectral imaging device comprising: a photosensitive detector (DET) formed of a matrix of pixels; a microlens array (ML1, ML2, ML3) replicating this matrix of pixels; a filtering module (MF). ) formed of a matrix of elementary filters (λ1, λ2, λ3) replicating this matrix of pixels, characterized in that the microlens array being arranged directly in contact with the detector, said filtering module is made on a substrate which is reported in contact with said microlens array.
    [0002]
    2) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said filtering module (MF) is stuck on its periphery to said detector (DET).
    [0003]
    3) Device according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that said filter module (MF) is provided with alignment patterns.
    [0004]
    4) Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that, said filtering module (MF) consisting of two mirrors (MIR1, MIR2, M1, M2) separated by a spacer membrane (SP), this module filtering device comprising a plurality of filtering cells (IF11, IF12, ..., IF44), said filtering cells each comprise at least two filters (FP1, FP2).
    [0005]
    5) Device according to claim 4, characterized in that at least one of said filters (FP1, FP2, FP3) has a bandpass transfer function.
    [0006]
    6) Device according to any one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that at least some of said filtering cells (IF11, IF12, IF13, IF14) are aligned in a first ribbon.
    [0007]
    7) Device according to claim 6, characterized in that at least some of said filtering cells (IF21-IF24) are aligned in a second ribbon parallel to and disjoint from the first ribbon.
    [0008]
    8) Device according to any one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that at least two of said filters (FP1, FP2, FP3) which are adjacent are separated by a crosstalk barrier.
    [0009]
    9) Device according to any one of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that at least one of said filters (FP1, FP2, FP3) is panchromatic.
    [0010]
    10) Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said detector (DET) is integrated in CMOS technology.
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