Imaging lens, and electronic apparatus including the same
View Patent ↗An imaging lens includes first to fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance.
1. An imaging lens comprising an aperture stop, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element arranged in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of said imaging lens, each of said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element having a refractive power, an object-side surface facing toward the object side, and an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein:
said first lens element has a positive refractive power, said object-side surface of said first lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said first lens element, and said image-side surface of said first lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the periphery of said first lens element;
said second lens has a negative refractive power, and said object-side surface of said second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said second lens element;
said third lens element has a positive refractive power, said object-side surface of said third lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said third lens element, and said image-side surface of said third lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of the periphery of said third lens element;
said fourth lens element has a negative refractive power, said object-side surface of said fourth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and said image-side surface of said fourth lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said fourth lens element;
said imaging lens does not include any lens element with a refractive power other than said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element; and
said imaging lens satisfies TTL/T4≦6.7, (T1+T4)/T2≦3.2, ALT/T3≦3.6, and G12/G34≦4.5, where TTL represents a distance between said object-side surface of said first lens element and an image plane at the optical axis, ALT represents a sum of thicknesses of said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element at the optical axis, T1 represents a thickness of said first lens element at the optical axis, T2 represents a thickness of said second lens element at the optical axis, T3 represents a thickness of said third lens element at the optical axis, T4 represents a thickness of said fourth lens element at the optical axis, G12 represents an air gap length between said first lens element and said second lens element at the optical axis, and G34 represents an air gap length between said third lens element and said fourth lens element at the optical axis.
2. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , further satisfying 0.3≦G23/T2≦0.9, where G23 represents an air gap length between said second lens element and said third lens element at the optical axis.
3. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 2 , further satisfying 0.6≦T2/T4≦0.8.
4. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 2 , further satisfying T2/G34≦4.0.
5. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , further satisfying 3.7≦ALT/T4≦3.9.
6. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 5 , further satisfying T1/T2≦1.7.
7. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 5 , further satisfying 1.9≦T3/G12≦3.4.
8. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 5 , further satisfying 1.5≦Gaa/G12≦3.0, where Gaa represents a sum of three air gap lengths among said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element at the optical axis.
9. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 5 , further satisfying 1.1≦G23/G34≦3.0, where G23 represents an air gap length between said second lens element and said third lens element at the optical axis.
10. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , further satisfying ALT/Gaa≦4.3, where Gaa represents a sum of three air gap lengths among said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element at the optical axis.
11. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , further satisfying T1/Gaa≦1.3, where Gaa represents a sum of three air gap lengths among said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element at the optical axis.
12. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , further satisfying (T1+T4)/Gaa≦2.4, where Gaa represents a sum of three air gap lengths among said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element and said fourth lens element at the optical axis.
13. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a housing; and
an imaging module disposed in said housing, and including an imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , a barrel on which said imaging lens is disposed, a holder unit on which said barrel is disposed, a substrate on which said holder unit is disposed, and an image sensor disposed on said substrate in location of the image side of said imaging lens.