IP Library Granted Patent US 8,345,360
Granted Patent B2
US 8,345,360 · App. 13/152,656 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Camera unit and macro lens thereof

Assignees: Visera Technologies Company Limited; Omnivision Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,345,360
App. No.
13/152,656
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera unit is provided, including a camera lens and a macro lens coupled with the camera lens module along an optical axis. The macro lens comprises a plane substrate and a plano-convex lens structure formed on the plane substrate by wafer level processing, wherein the effective focal length of the macro lens is between 80-150 mm.

Claims (23)

1. A macro lens, comprising:

a plane substrate; and

a plano-convex lens structure formed on the plane substrate by wafer level processing, wherein the effective focal length of the macro lens is between 80-150 mm.

2. The macro lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure has a clear aperture CA and a differential value T between a center thickness and a edge thickness of the plano-convex lens, and wherein 0.01<T/CA<0.05.

3. The macro lens as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the differential value T is less than 35 um.

4. The macro lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure has a sphere convex surface.

5. The macro lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure has an aspheric convex surface.

6. The macro lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure comprises UV curable material.

7. The macro lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plane substrate comprises glass.

8. A camera unit, comprising:

a camera lens; and

a macro lens coupled with the camera lens module along an optical axis, comprising a plane substrate and a plano-convex lens structure formed on the plane substrate by wafer level processing, wherein the effective focal length of the macro lens is between 80-150 mm.

9. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure has a clear aperture CA and a differential value T between a center thickness and a edge thickness thereof, and wherein 0.01<T/CA<0.05.

10. The camera unit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the differential value T is less than 35 um.

11. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure has a sphere convex surface facing the camera lens.

12. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure has an aspheric convex surface facing the camera lens.

13. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plano-convex lens structure comprises UV curable material.

14. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plane substrate comprises glass.

15. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the macro lens and the camera lens has a distance between 200-1000 um.

16. The camera unit as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the macro lens is movable with respect to the camera lens along a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.

17. A camera unit, comprising:

a camera lens; and

a macro lens coupled with the camera lens module along an optical axis, comprising a plane substrate and a plano-convex lens structure formed on the plane substrate by wafer level processing, wherein the macro lens and the camera lens has a distance between 200-1000 um.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2011
From: HSU, YUN-CHIANG
To: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED; OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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