Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities. Optical systems of the present invention include devices and device arrays exhibiting a range of useful physical and mechanical properties including flexibility, shapeability, conformability and stretchablity.

Methods of forming 3D camera devices and structures formed thereby are described. An embodiment includes a first optics module and a second optics module disposed on a board, wherein a first sensor die is coupled to the first optics module and a second sensor die is coupled to the second optics module. The first and second sensor die are directly coupled to the board, and a flexible conductive connector is coupled to both the first and second optics modules.

The present invention is to provide a light screening composition that allow forming of a light screening film having excellent adhesiveness to a substrate and excellent residue removability at the time of development. The light screening composition according to the invention contains (A) any one of light screening particles and a light screening dye; (B) a dispersing resin; (C) a binder polymer having an acid value of 50 mg KOH/g or less and a weight-average molecular weight of 8,000 to 50,000; and (D) a polymerizable compound.

Fabricating optical devices can include mounting a plurality of singulated lens systems over a substrate, adjusting a thickness of the substrate below at least some of the lens systems to provide respective focal length corrections for the lens systems, and subsequently separating the substrate into a plurality of optical modules, each of which includes one of the lens systems mounted over a portion of the substrate. Adjusting a thickness of the substrate can include, for example, micro-machining the substrate to form respective holes below at least some of the lens systems or adding one or more layers below at least some of the lens systems so as to correct for variations in the focal lengths of the lens systems.

A component intended for the detecting and/or the measuring of an electromagnetic radiation in a first range of wavelengths. The component includes a support including at least one first structure and a reception face in order to receive the electromagnetic radiation; an optical filter of the band-pass type in the first range of wavelengths arranged on the reception face of the support. The optical filter includes an adaptation zone covering the reception face of the support and with a refractive index less than 2; a first metal layer covering the adaptation zone and including regularly distributed through-holes. Each one of the through-holes contains a filling material.

An electronic component housing package includes a substrate having an upper surface including a mount region on which an electronic component is to be mounted; a frame body disposed on the upper surface of the substrate, the frame body being provided with a through-hole portion; and an input/output member disposed on the frame body so as to block the through-hole portion, the input/output member having wiring conductors which are to be electrically connected to the electronic component, the wiring conductors extending to an inside and outside of the frame body and also extending along a lower surface of the input/output member on the outside of the frame body. The input/output member is provided with a cutout portion which is cut out so as to extend from a gap between the wiring conductors on the lower surface along the wiring conductors to an outer side surface of the input/output member.

An imaging device is disclosed. The imaging device has a housing, a detector positioned within the housing and has a field of view encompassing one or more target area within the housing to be imaged, a wide-angle lens operatively coupled to the detector, and a support positioned at the target area and configured to receive one or more test component. The wide-angle lens is operatively coupled to the detector such that the detector receives image data of the target area through the wide-angle lens.

An optical solar enhancer comprises a panel that has a top surface and a bottom surface and an imaginary central plane that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The panel includes a plurality of generally parallel features configured to variably increase radiant energy entering the top surface at an acute angle relative to the central plane such that the effect is strongest at lower angles (early morning and late day sun) and weakest at higher angles (mid-day sun) and then redirect the increased radiant energy through the bottom surface.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for light collection and conversion to electricity are disclosed herein. The disclosed method involves receiving, by at least one concentrating element (e.g., a lens), light from at least one light source, where the light comprises direct light and diffuse light. The method further involves focusing, by at least one concentrating element, the direct light onto at least one concentrator photovoltaic cell. Also, the method involves passing, by at least one concentrating element, the diffuse light onto at least one solar cell of an array of solar cells arranged on a flat plate, where at least one concentrator photovoltaic cell is bonded on top of at least one of the solar cells in the array. In addition, the method involves collecting, by at least one concentrator photovoltaic cell, the direct light. Further, the method involves collecting, by at least one solar cell, the diffuse light.

The present disclosure is directed to imaging LiDARs with optical antennas fed by optical waveguides. The optical antennas can be activated through an optical switch network that connects the optical antennas to a laser source to a receiver. A microlens array is positioned between a lens of the LiDAR system and the optical antennas, the microlens array being positioned so as to transform an emission angle from a corresponding optical antenna to match a chief ray angle of the lens. Methods of use and fabrication are also provided.