US Patent 7297926 Compound eye image sensor design

A flexible image sensor having an array of lenses disposed on one surface of a substrate flexible optical polymeric substrate, and an array of organic integrated circuit photodetectors on a second surface of the substrate, each lens in the lens array being in optical correspondence with a photodetector in the second array. The lens array and the photodetector array are manufactured using similar, low-temperature methods, preferably utilizing the same toolset.