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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Applicant:
Edwin E. Penniman, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Edwin E. Penniman, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 3/12 (2006.01); G02B 1/06 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/08 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/08 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); G02B 7/04 (2013.01); H01L 27/14618 (2013.01); G02B 13/0085 (2013.01); G03B 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A membrane and lens assembly includes a flexible membrane mounted with a supporting structure, such as a plurality of spacers, a frame, a ring, a plate or a surface plate. At least one first lens mounts with a first side of the membrane. At least one actuator varies a characteristic of the membrane, such as membrane shape, position or tautness, to reposition the lens. In a related method of lens replication, a flexible membrane is attached to a ring and stretched with the ring. Lenses are replicated on one or both sides of the stretched membrane.