Micromachines (Feb 2023)

A Meniscus Multifocusing Compound Eye Camera Based on Negative Pressure Forming Technology

  • Xin Feng,
  • Yongshun Liu,
  • Junyu Dong,
  • Yongjian Yu,
  • Yi Xing,
  • Fengfeng Shu,
  • Lanxin Peng,
  • Yihui Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14020420
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 2
p. 420

Abstract

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To meet the challenge of preparing a high-resolution compound eye, this paper proposes a multi-focal-length meniscus compound eye based on MEMS negative pressure molding technology. The aperture is increased, a large field of view angle of 101.14° is obtained, and the ommatidia radius of each stage is gradually increased from 250 μm to 440 μm. A meniscus structure is used to improve the imaging quality of the marginal compound eye so that its resolution can reach 36.00 lp/mm. The prepared microlenses have a uniform shape and a smooth surface, and both panoramic image stitching and moving object tracking are achieved. This technology has great potential for application in many fields, including automatic driving, machine vision, and medical endoscopy.

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