Image sensors with electrically tunable spatial resolution based on liquid crystal microlens array with three-layered patterned electrode

The liquid crystal (LC) device with the circle aperture electrode can be used as a convex lens. The index of refraction of the LC lens can be easily changed by the voltage signal; the arrayed LC lens can be used in the imaging sensors. Comparing with the traditional optical lens, the LC lens has a more effective architecture. In this paper, we present an imaging sensor with a new type LC structure composed of three layers of top electrodes and a joint bottom electrode, and simulating the tunable spatial resolution architecture carried out by applying voltage signal over different ITO electrode in LC lenses coupled with arrayed imaging sensors. From the result of the simulation, we can find that changing the spatial resolution by our architecture can be achieved.