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Backside-Patterned Nanostructured Lens in BSI CMOS Sensors
This invention introduces a novel approach to enhancing backside-illuminated (BSI) Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) sensors by integrating patterned nanostructured lens elements, such as metalenses, directly into the backside silicon layer or additional material layers. Unlike conventional microlens arrays, these nanostructured lenses...
Published: 5/12/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics
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Engineered Mirror to Increase the Radiative Cooling Capacity of Windows
This technology introduces a novel mirror-based system designed to enhance the radiative cooling performance of windows. By reflecting thermal infrared (IR) radiation emitted by the window toward the sky while blocking ambient IR radiation from the ground, the system improves passive cooling efficiency. The mirror is coated with a spectrally selective...
Published: 5/12/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Manufacturing, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Construction, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Materials > Coatings
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Polarization-Dependent Dual-Focus Metalens System for Simultaneous Reticle Illumination
This technology is a novel dual-focus metalens system for lithography applications. It uses as polarization-dependent metalens to focus light from a single source onto two separate reticles. This system can complete two parallel patterning tasks simultaneously, allowing for twice the throughput of traditional lithography systems. This, in turn, allows...
Published: 5/12/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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Method for Multilayer Nanophotonic Effective Medium Optics via Spin-Coated Planarization Layers
This technology introduces a novel method for fabricating multilayer nanophotonic devices using spin-coated planarization layers. The process ensures precise alignment and spacing between optical layers, enabling the creation of advanced optical elements for photonic computing and compound lenses. Spin coating is a procedure used to deposit uniform...
Published: 4/21/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > MEMS & Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Optical Fab / Metrology, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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Optical Elements from Thin Film Coatings
This technology enables the creation of advanced optical elements through thin film coatings. By spatially varying the thickness, order, and material composition of thin film stacks, the technology allows for precise control of light's phase and amplitude. It is particularly advantageous in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range, where traditional...
Published: 4/21/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > MEMS & Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Materials > Coatings
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Optical Elements Through Phase Control Using Effective Medium Approach in Thin Films and Membranes
This invention introduces a novel method for designing optical elements, such as lenses, by using the effective medium theory (EMT). By employing subwavelength patterns in thin films or membranes, the technology creates localized refractive index changes that enable precise control over the behavior of light. This approach is particularly effective...
Published: 4/21/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > MEMS & Nanotechnology
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Ophthalmoscopic Device and Method for Capturing Images using the Same
The invention is a low-cost, portable in-vivo confocal ophthalmoscope (PICO) designed to capture microscopic images of the anterior segment of the eye and external eye structures without direct contact. The device is compact, lightweight, and capable of providing high-resolution imaging for real-time diagnostics. This ophthalmoscope can attach to standard...
Published: 4/14/2025
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Inventor(s): Dongkyun Kang, Kenneth Marcelino, Momoka Sugimura, Jaya Chidambaram
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Diagnostic, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Ophthalmology, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Ophthalmology
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Acoustoelectrically Enhanced Holographic Video
This invention improves acousto-optic devices by increasing their interaction length, allowing for better diffraction efficiency and higher resolution holographic displays with a wider field of view. By using an ultra-thin semiconductor film, the acoustoelectric effect amplifies surface acoustic waves, making them last longer and improving acousto-optic...
Published: 3/31/2025
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Inventor(s): Keaton Shurilla, Matthew Eichenfield
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Quantum
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Method and Device for Microscopic Imaging
This invention presents a novel method and optical design for microscopic imaging that achieves high resolution, wide field of view (FoV), and large imaging depth without requiring mechanical scanning elements. This involves leveraging a MEMS-based phase light modulator (PLM) device into the imaging path so that the system expands both spatial and axial...
Published: 3/24/2025
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Inventor(s): Florian Willomitzer
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry
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Stress Induced Broadband Tunable Optical Waveplate
This invention discloses designs and methods for manufacturing a broadband optical waveplate capable of operating across ultraviolet (UV), visible, near-infrared (NIR), mid-wave infrared (MWIR), and long-wave infrared (LWIR) wavelength ranges. Waveplates, also called retarders, are optical components that manipulate light's polarization state, converting...
Published: 3/7/2025
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Inventor(s): Stanley Pau, Linan Jiang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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