IP Library Granted Patent US 7,894,143
Granted Patent B2
US 7,894,143 · App. 12/269,604 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Image capture lens

Assignee: VisEra Technologies Company Limited
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Patent No.
US 7,894,143
App. No.
12/269,604
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capture lens is disclosed. The image capture lens includes a glass substrate having a first side and an opposing second side, a first lens material with a first refractive index, and a second lens material with a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index. The first lens material is formed on the first side of the first glass substrate and has a curved top surface. The second lens material covers the first lens material and the first glass substrate and has a curved top surface.

Claims (31)

1. An image capture lens, comprising:

a first glass substrate, having a first side and an opposing second side;

a first lens material with a first refractive index, formed on the first side of the first glass substrate and having a curved top surface;

a second lens material with a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index, covering the first lens material and the first glass substrate and having a curved top surface;

a third lens material with the first refractive index, formed on the second side of the first glass substrate and having a curved top surface; and

a fourth lens material with the second refractive index, covering the third lens material and the first glass substrate and having a curved top surface.

2. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the first glass substrate is coated with at least one optical block layer.

3. The image capture lens of claim 1 , further comprising an aperture stop interposed between the first glass substrate and the first and second lens materials.

4. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the third and fourth lens materials are UV curable.

5. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the curved top surface of the third lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the first glass substrate.

6. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the curved top surface of the fourth lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the first glass substrate.

7. The image capture lens of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second glass substrate disposed between an object or image side and the first glass substrate, having a first side and an opposing second side;

a fifth lens material with the second refractive index, formed on the first side of the second glass substrate and having a curved top surface; and

a sixth lens material with the second refractive index, formed on the second side of the second glass substrate and having a curved top surface.

8. The image capture lens of claim 7 , wherein the fifth and sixth lens materials are UV curable.

9. The image capture lens of claim 7 , wherein the curved top surface of the fifth lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the second glass substrate.

10. The image capture lens of claim 7 , wherein the curved top surface of the sixth lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the second glass substrate.

11. The image capture lens of claim 7 , further comprising:

a third glass substrate disposed on the first and second glass substrates, such that the first glass substrate is between the second and third glass substrates, wherein the third glass substrate is coated with at least one optical block layer;

a seventh lens material with the second refractive index, formed on the third glass substrate and having a curved top surface; and

an aperture stop formed on the third glass substrate.

12. The image capture lens of claim 11 , wherein the seventh lens material is UV curable.

13. The image capture lens of claim 11 , wherein the curved top surface of the seventh lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the third glass substrate.

14. The image capture lens of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second glass substrate disposed between an object or image side and the first glass substrate, wherein the second glass substrate is coated with at least one optical block layer; and

an aperture stop formed on the second glass substrate.

15. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the first refractive index is substantially equal to that of the first glass substrate.

16. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the first and second lens materials are UV curable.

17. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the curved top surface of the first lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the first glass substrate.

18. The image capture lens of claim 1 , wherein the curved top surface of the second lens material comprises at least one convex portion with respect to the first glass substrate.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026563 FRAME 0895. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNEES ARE OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED. Recorded Aug 11, 2011
From: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
To: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026736/0545 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2011
From: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
To: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 026563/0895 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2008
From: DENG, JAU-JAN; CHANG, WEI-CHUNG; LIAO, MIN-CHIH
To: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 021825/0117 →
Continuity (1)
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