Digital BW, The Print

"Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > From: koloshor [mailto:wiz@n...]
> >
> > I'm currently destroying sensors in cruel and inhuman attempts to
> > achieve exactly that.
> >
> > The "witches brew" is a hot solvent that flushes out the
> > microlenses and the RGB color filters. Then there's the task of
> > resealing the chip...
> >
> > I'm also tinkering with using a high power UV light source (built
> > for curing UV sensitive adhesives) to fade the filters, hopefully
> > without turning the microlenses opaque.
> 
> Interesting. Doesn't the chip have glass passivation under the plastic
> stuff?

I'd hope so. ;)

Seriously, I'm not too worried about the chip itself. The big problem
is getting the window off, then disolving all the organics and leaving
the inorganics (chip, bonding wires, etc) clean. Then getting
everything clean enough to put the window back on.

Or the old "drill a hole in the window, fill and flush" approach...