"The technical premise is direct. Every conventional digital image sensor, whether in a smartphone, a car, an XR headset, or a security camera, sits behind a Bayer-pattern colour filter that lets red, green or blue light through to each pixel and rejects the other two. Useful, but expensive: roughly 70% of the incoming light never reaches the photodetector. eyeo's Nanophotonic Color Splitting platform, branded NCOS, works on the inverse principle."
"Instead of filtering, it splits, guiding each photon to the pixel that should record it. The patented design, eyeo says, captures three times more light than a comparable filter-based sensor and breaks the resolution limits imposed by sub-micron pixel geometry. The platform is built around 26 patents and is compatible with existing CMOS sensor platforms, which matters for adoption by the world's tier-one sensor vendors."
"The round is led by Innovation Industries, with existing backers imec.xpand, Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, QBIC, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Brabant Development Agency (BOM) participating. Total funding raised by eyeo now stands at €55m. The financing benefits from European Union support under the InvestEU Fund."
eyeo, based in Eindhoven, raised €40m in Series A funding led by Innovation Industries, with participation from imec.xpand, Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, QBIC, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Brabant Development Agency. Total funding now stands at €55m, supported by InvestEU Fund backing from the European Union. The company targets digital image sensors that rely on Bayer-pattern color filters, which reject most incoming light and limit resolution due to sub-micron pixel geometry. eyeo’s NCOS platform splits incoming light so each photon is guided to the pixel that should record it. The patented approach is claimed to capture three times more light than filter-based sensors and to break resolution limits. The technology uses 26 patents and is compatible with existing CMOS sensor platforms for adoption by major sensor vendors.
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