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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2003
Chiun-Lern Fu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tsung-Hsin Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsin-Yih Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Mao-Hong Lu, Taipei, TW;
Deh-Ming Shyu, MiaoLi, TW;
Industrial Technologies Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a dual-lens hybrid diffractive/refractive imaging system comprising: a first lens including a concave surface and a convex surface; and the second lens including a convex surface and a concave surface. The concave surface of the first lens is an objective surface facing the object. The convex surface faces the convex surface of the second lens, while the concave surface of the second lens faces the charge-coupled device (CCD) through a filter. Any surface of the first lens and the second lens is spheric or aspheric. Moreover, the imaging system comprises at least one diffractive surface, referred to as a hybrid diffractive/refractive surface, formed on any surface of the two lenses. Therefore, aberration is eliminated and image quality is improved without increasing the number of lenses.