Multispectral Filter Arrays: Recent Advances and Practical Implementation

Abstract

Thanks to some technical progress in interferencefilter design based on different technologies, we can finally successfully implement the concept of multispectral filter array-based sensors. This article provides the relevant state-of-the-art for multispectral imaging systems and presents the characteristics of the elements of our multispectral sensor as a case study. The spectral characteristics are based on two different spatial arrangements that distribute eight different bandpass filters in the visible and near-infrared area of the spectrum. We demonstrate that the system is viable and evaluate its performance through sensor spectral simulation.

Keywords

• multispectral and color filter arrays
• single solid state sensor
• snapshotmultispectral imaging
• spatio-spectral scene sampling