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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Thye Linn Mok, Penang, MY;
Wooi Kin Goon, Penang, MY;
Gim Eng Chew, Penang, MY;
Kee Yean NG, Penang, MY;
Janet Bee Yin Chua, Perak, MY;
Rene P. Helbing, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thye Linn Mok, Penang, MY;
Wooi Kin Goon, Penang, MY;
Gim Eng Chew, Penang, MY;
Kee Yean Ng, Penang, MY;
Janet Bee Yin Chua, Perak, MY;
Rene P. Helbing, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte, Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing flashes of light uses a diffractive optical element to produce a flash of light having a rectangular radiation pattern. The diffractive optical element is configured to diffract light emitted from a light source such that the radiation pattern of the light emitted from the diffractive optical element is rectangular to produce the rectangular flash of light.