Design, fabrication and testing of microlens arrays for sensors and microsystems

We report on our activities in design, fabrication, characterization and system integration of refractive microlens arrays for sensors and microsystems. Examples for chemical analysis systems (, blood gas sensor), neural networks and multiple pupil imaging systems for photolithography (microlens and smart mask lithography) are presented.

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