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Color-filtered image wafer

Pattern color-selective polymer layers on the frontside image wafer Discovery hypothesis; caller demands and physical qualification remain open.

Discovered · unresearchedClosure: OpenInventory incomplete

Capability requirements and tolerances

Consumer-specific numerical targets, quantities and acceptance limits remain open or incompletely reviewed. No smartphone-grade suitability is claimed. Distinct capability tiers require their own making route and qualification.

Making steps · draft selected for navigation; not a validated fabrication specification.

Known Parts and Tools

The selected route supplies this page's inventory and the map's dependency links from one record. Further requirements may be missing; review flags do not prove physical suitability.

Requirement	Role	Use	Relationship status
Patterned image sensor wafer	Part	incorporated; allocation and losses open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Camera color filter formulations	Part	consumed; replenishment and waste open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Coating equipment	Tool	reused fabrication equipment; availability unqualified	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Solvents	Part	consumed; replenishment and waste open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Exposure equipment	Tool	reused fabrication equipment; availability unqualified	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Reticle/master pattern	Part	incorporated; allocation and losses open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Photoresist	Part	consumed; replenishment and waste open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Photoresist developer	Part	consumed; replenishment and waste open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Etching equipment	Tool	reused fabrication equipment; availability unqualified	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Cleanroom	Tool	reused facility/utility capacity; earlier supply required	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Cleaning equipment	Tool	reused fabrication equipment; availability unqualified	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Pure water	Part	consumed; replenishment and waste open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Ventilation	Tool	reused fabrication equipment; availability unqualified	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Optical instruments	Tool	reused for verification/calibration; independent origin required	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Handling assembly	Tool	reused fabrication equipment; availability unqualified	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Regulated power	Tool	reused facility/utility capacity; earlier supply required	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown
Probe leads	Part	incorporated; allocation and losses open	Cycle-checked; compatibility unknown

Making outline

Protect contacts and select one conventional color mosaic.
Sequentially coat, expose, develop and cure its color layers on the wafer.
Inspect registration, transmission and underlying electrical damage.

What remains unresolved

Colorants, polymer, cure chemistry and planar/passivation surface stack are not yet specified.
Full inventory, quantities, losses, capability compatibility and acceptance remain unreviewed.

Sources and leads

Source scope and research notes determine which claims have been checked. A URL does not establish a complete making route.

Sony mobile image sensor layer structures

Canonical reuse assessment

{
  "existing_candidates_checked": [
    "image-color-filter-array",
    "processed-image-wafer",
    "display-chemicals"
  ],
  "decision": "Distinct wafer output; existing array records supply design provenance rather than separately delivered assembled films.",
  "availability": "No candidate is asserted built or suitable; qualification, copies, cleanliness and schedule remain open.",
  "identity_search": "Canonical IDs, aliases/functions and all JSON proposals searched before new ID request; approved for staging by coordinator."
}

Proposed capability specification

{
  "function": "Pattern color-selective polymer layers on the frontside image wafer",
  "quantity_dimensions": "not yet specified",
  "performance_precision_purity": "not yet specified",
  "interfaces_environment": "not yet specified",
  "acceptance": "Trial pieces must meet caller demand with independent references; numerical limits not yet specified."
}

Earlier research provenance

proposals/2026-10-08-discovery/camera-rf/report.md; coordinator candidate-union revision 2

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Used by

Items that directly require this item in their selected inventory.

Microlens-finished image wafer

Paths from Smartphone

These routes together include every item that can lead from Smartphone to this item. Repeated path combinations are collapsed; recipes are omitted.

Shortest route: Smartphone → Camera system → Image sensor → CMOS image sensor die → Microlens-finished image wafer → Color-filtered image wafer

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