IP Library Granted Patent US 8,390,942
Granted Patent B2
US 8,390,942 · App. 13/004,518 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Optical lens module

Inventor: Yun-Chiang Hsu (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignees: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.; VisEra Technologies Company Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,390,942
App. No.
13/004,518
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical lens module is provided, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and an aperture stop formed in the first lens by wafer level processing. The first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of the optical lens module. The first lens has a convex surface and a concave surface, respectively, on an object side and an image side. The second lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, respectively, on the object side and the image side. The third lens has a convex peripheral portion on the image side, wherein the convex peripheral portion forms a surface with a concave center on the image side, and the surface has an inflection point.

Claims (18)

1. An optical lens module, comprising a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and an aperture stop formed in the first lens, wherein

the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of the optical lens module,

the first lens has a convex surface and a concave surface, respectively, on the object side and the image side,

the second lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, respectively, on the object side and the image side, and

the third lens has a convex peripheral portion on the image side and a concave surface on the object side, wherein the convex peripheral portion forms a surface with a concave center on the image side, and the surface has an inflection point.

2. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical lens module defines an optical length L from the object side of the first lens to an image sensing plane along the optical axis, and the first and second lenses form a distance D 12 therebetween along the optical axis, wherein 0.2>D 12 /L>0.05.

3. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens has an effective focal length EFL 1 , and the second lens has an effective focal length EFL 2 , wherein 0.2|EFL 1 |/|EFL 2 |<1.

4. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens has an effective focal length EFL 1 , and the third lens has an effective focal length EFL 3 , wherein |EFL 3 |>|EFL 1 |.

5. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical lens module further comprises a plane parallel plate disposed on the image side of the third lens.

6. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second and third lenses are compound lenses.

7. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens is a compound lens comprising a first sub-lens, a second sub-lens, and a third sub-lens sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side along the optical axis, and the aperture stop is formed between the second and third sub-lenses.

8. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first and third sub-lenses comprise curable resin material.

9. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first and third sub-lenses comprise curable resin or UV-curable material.

10. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second sub-lens is a parallel glass plate.

11. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lens is a compound lens comprising a first sub-lens, a second sub-lens, and a third sub-lens sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side along the optical axis, and the aperture stop is formed between the first and second sub-lenses.

12. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first and third sub-lenses comprise curable resin material.

13. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first and third sub-lenses comprise curable resin or UV-curable material.

14. The optical lens module as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second sub-lens is a parallel glass plate.

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 Jan 12, 2011
From: HSU, YUN-CHIANG
To: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 025622/0710 →
Continuity (1)
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