IP Library Granted Patent US 12,687,693
Granted Patent B2
US 12,687,693 · App. 17/577,362 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Projection lens

Inventors: Shuo-Chieh Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Ching-Lung Lai (Hsinchu, TW); Hsin-Te Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Kuo-Chuan Wang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
G02B9/04G02B7/021G02B13/16G02B13/18G02B13/143
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,687,693
App. No.
17/577,362
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a projection lens including a first lens set and a second lens set disposed sequentially from a magnified side to a reduced side. The first lens set and the second lens set are separated by a minimum inner diameter of a lens barrel. The first lens set includes 4 to 6 spherical lenses, and a refractive power of the first lens set is negative. The second lens set includes 4 to 6 lenses, where one of the lenses is an aspheric lens, and a refractive power of the second lens set is positive. A transmittance of the projection lens at a wavelength of 365 nm is greater than or equal to 75%.

Claims (32)

1 . A projection lens, comprising:

a first lens set and a second lens set, disposed in sequence from a magnified side to a reduced side, wherein:

the first lens set and the second lens set are separated by a minimum inner diameter of a lens barrel;

the first lens set comprises 4 to 6 spherical lenses, and a refractive power of the first lens set is negative;

the second lens set comprises 4 to 6 lenses, one of the lenses is an aspheric lens, and a refractive power of the second lens set is positive; and

the projection lens comprises a transmittance greater than or equal to 75% at a wavelength of 365 nm,

wherein an effective focal length of the projection lens is greater than or equal to 8 and less than or equal to 14,

wherein a total length of the projection lens is fixed, the effective focal length of the projection lens is fixed, and a zoom ratio of the projection lens is substantially equal to 1,

wherein the projection lens does not comprise a cemented lens,

wherein a distance between two lenses of the projection lens is between 0.001 to 0.01 mm,

wherein the projection lens does not comprise an infrared filter.

2 . A projection lens comprising a first lens set and a second lens set disposed in sequence from a magnified side to a reduced side, wherein

the first lens set comprises 3 to 5 spherical lenses, a refractive power of the first lens set is negative, and the first lens set is disposed in a first lens barrel;

the second lens set comprises an aspheric lens and comprises 5 to 7 lenses, a refractive power of the second lens set is positive, and the second lens set is disposed in a second lens barrel; and

the projection lens comprises a transmittance greater than or equal to 75% at a wavelength of 365 nm,

wherein an effective focal length of the projection lens is greater than or equal to 8 and less than or equal to 14,

wherein a total length of the projection lens is fixed, the effective focal length of the projection lens is fixed, and a zoom ratio of the projection lens is substantially equal to 1,

wherein the projection lens does not comprise a cemented lens,

wherein a distance between two lenses of the projection lens is between 0.001 to 0.01 mm,

wherein the projection lens does not comprise an infrared filter.

3 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein the first lens set is disposed in the first lens barrel, the second lens set is disposed in the second lens barrel, and the second lens barrel is covered by the first lens barrel.

4 . The projection lens according to claim 3 , further comprising a main lens barrel, and the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are disposed in the main lens barrel.

5 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein the projection lens comprises ten lenses, and the ten lenses meet one of the following conditions: (1) refractive powers of the ten lenses are positive, negative, negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, positive, and positive in sequence from the magnified side to the reduced side; or (2) refractive powers of the ten lenses are positive, negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, negative, positive, positive, and positive in sequence from the magnified side to the reduced side.

6 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein the projection lens comprises nine lenses, and refractive powers of the nine lenses are positive, negative, negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, positive, and positive in sequence from the magnified side to the reduced side.

7 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein distances of the first lens set and the second lens set of the projection lens relative to an imaging surface on the reduced side of the projection lens is variable.

8 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein the lenses of the first lens set are all glass spherical lenses.

9 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein lenses of the projection lens are all glass lenses.

10 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein the projection lens satisfies a conditional formula as follow: 13≤TTL/H≤21, wherein TTL is the total length of the projection lens, and His an image height of an imaging surface of the projection lens on the reduced side.

11 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein a throw ratio of the projection lens is 1.0.

12 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein an F-number of the projection lens is 2.2.

13 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein an optical distortion of the projection lens is less than 0.25%.

14 . The projection lens according to claim 2 , wherein a material of each lens of the projection lens comprises a transmittance greater than or equal to 80% at a wavelength of 365 nm and a thickness of 10 mm.