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 lens 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 an object-side surface facing toward the object side, and an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein:
said image-side surface of said first lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis;
said object-side surface of said second lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and said image-side surface of said second lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said second lens element;
said image-side surface of said third lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said third lens element;
said object-side surface of said fourth lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said fourth lens element, 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 the periphery of said fourth lens element;
said imaging lens does not include any lens element with 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 3.00≦G23/G34≦8.00 and T3/T1≦1.20, where G23 represents an air gap length between said second lens element and said third lens element at the optical axis, G34 represents an air gap length between 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, and T3 represents a thickness of said third lens element at the optical axis.
2. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying 0.50≦G23/T4≦1.00, where T4 represents a thickness of said fourth lens element at the optical axis.
3. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying BFL/Gaa≦3.10, where BFL represents a distance between said image-side surface of said fourth lens element and an image plane at the optical axis, and 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.
4. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 3 , further satisfying T3/T2≦2.18, where T2 represents a thickness of said second lens element at the optical axis.
5. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying TTL/Gaa≦9.00, where TTL represents a distance between said object-side surface of said first lens element and an image plane at the optical axis, and 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.
6. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 5 , further satisfying Gaa/G23≦2.00.
7. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying 0.60≦Gaa/T1≦1.50, 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.
8. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying 1.00≦Gaa/T2≦3.00, 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, and T2 represents a thickness of said second lens element at the optical axis.
9. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying BFL/G23≦5.50, where BFL represents a distance between said image-side surface of said fourth lens element and an image plane at the optical axis.
10. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 9 , further satisfying 0.38≦G23/T1≦1.30.
11. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying ALT/Gaa≦4.50, where 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, and 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 11 , further satisfying T3/G23≦3.00.
13. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying TTL/G23≦16.00, where TTL represents a distance between said object-side surface of said first lens element and an image plane at the optical axis.
14. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying 0.60≦G23/T2≦2.50, where T2 represents a thickness of said second lens element at the optical axis.
15. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying ALT/G23≦9.00, where 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.
16. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying T1/G23≦3.00.
17. The imaging lens as claimed in claim 1 , satisfying 0.60≦Gaa/T3≦3.00, 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.
18. 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, and an image sensor disposed at the image side of said imaging lens.