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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Guolin MA, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dave Pitou, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Guolin Ma, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dave Pitou, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies Sensor IP Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A single lens that has a small spot size across a large field of view and a small height. The lens has a first surface for performing color correction functions and a second surface for primarily performing light ray bending functions. The first surface has diffraction efficiency improvement mechanism for improving the resolution of the lens. The lens also has a vignetting reducing mechanism for reducing the amount of vignetting in the corners of the image.