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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Tomohiro Miyashita, Kamakura, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An illumination apparatus, having a light source that supplies illumination light, a collector lens that converts a divergent light flux emitted from the light source into a plurality of substantially parallel light fluxes, a fly-eye lens, comprised of a plurality of small lens elements and an exit surface, disposed at a rear focal position of the collector lens and a relay optical system that relays a pseudo plane light source which is formed on the exit surface of the fly-eye lens to an aperture stop or a surface conjugate to the aperture stop, where a focal length of at least one of the plurality of small lens elements is 8≦focal length ≦24, a radius of at least one of the plurality of small lens elements is 1≦radius ≦3 and a consistent unit of length is used for the focal length and radius.