Patents by Inventor Nicolaas TACK

Nicolaas TACK has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180182798
    Abstract: An imaging sensor comprises: an array of light-detecting elements, wherein each light-detecting element in the array of light-detecting elements is arranged in the imaging sensor so as to detect a respective wavelength interval, wherein the respective wavelength interval differs for different light-detecting elements; a pattern arranged on the array of light-detecting elements, wherein the pattern defines a plurality of transparent areas, each transparent area being associated with a corresponding light-detecting element in the array of light-detecting elements, wherein a size of a transparent area among the plurality of transparent areas is dependent of the corresponding light-detecting element with which the transparent area is associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolaas TACK, Bert GEELEN, Bart VEREECKE
  • Patent number: 9929206
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for an imaging device including an array of photo-sensitive areas is disclosed. In one aspect the integrated circuit includes a first multi-layer structure and a second multi-layer structure arranged over a first and a second photo-sensitive area, respectively. The second multi-layer structures each have a bottom and a top reflective structure and a spacer layer arranged therebetween. The spacer layer has a thickness such that the multi-layer structure selectively transmits a narrow range of wavelengths of electro-magnetic radiation. The bottom and top reflective structures include a stack of alternating layers of a first and a second material. Thickness and/or material of the alternating layers of the first multi-layer structure differ from thickness and/or material of the alternating layers of the second multi-layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Bart Vereecke, Deniz Sabuncuoglu Tezcan, Philippe Soussan, Nicolaas Tack
  • Publication number: 20170145498
    Abstract: Arrays of integrated optical devices and their methods for production are provided. The devices include an integrated bandpass filter layer that comprises at least two multi-cavity filter elements with different central bandpass wavelengths. The device arrays are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices provide for the efficient and reliable coupling of optical excitation energy from an optical source to the optical reactions. Optical signals emitted from the reactions can thus be measured with high sensitivity and discrimination. The device arrays are well suited for miniaturization and high throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Ravi SAXENA, Annette GROT, Nicolaas TACK, Pilar GONZALEZ, Bert DU BOIS, Simone SEVERI