Foveon X3 technology overview
Pre-PMA
2002: 00:01 EST: As a part of our coverage of Foveon's X3 sensor technology
this news article is a reproduction of a technology overview presentation
provided by Foveon in its standard press kit. This overview summarises
the method of the existing mosaic sensors and the way in which the new
X3 sensor works.
Three Foveon X3 articles: Press
release, Technical Overview, Exclusive
Hands-On
Patent 5,965,875

Back in October 1999 Foveon filed patent 5,965,875 which clearly describes
the technology behind the X3 sensor, it's essentially a stack of silicon
doped to absorb different wavelengths of light.
Click
here for Patent 5,965,875
Click
here for associated images and diagrams (very interesting)
Overview presentation
Apologies, some of the text on these reduced-size images may be a little
hard to read, but it was the only way to provide as much information as
possible. More
information on the Foveon website.
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