IP Library Granted Patent US 12,736,726
Granted Patent B2
US 12,736,726 · App. 18/927,235 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Optical filter

Inventors: Kazuhiko Shiono (Fukushima, JP); Takashi Nagata (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
G02B5/208
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Patent No.
US 12,736,726
App. No.
18/927,235
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical filter, includes: a substrate, a dielectric multilayer film 1 laid on or above one major surface of the substrate, and a dielectric multilayer film 2 laid on or above the other major surface of the substrate, in which the substrate includes a near infrared ray absorbing glass and a resin film, the resin film includes a resin and a pigment (NIR1), and the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-3), (i-6) to (i-8), and (i-10) to (i-13).

Claims (53)

1 . An optical filter, comprising:

a substrate,

a dielectric multilayer film 1 laid on or above one major surface of the substrate, and

a dielectric multilayer film 2 laid on or above the other major surface of the substrate, wherein

the substrate comprises a near infrared ray absorbing glass and a resin film,

the resin film has a thickness of 10 μm or less,

the resin film comprises a resin and a pigment (NIR1), and

the optical filter satisfies all of the following spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-3), and (i-6) to (i-8):

(i-1) in a spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, an average transmittance T 450-600(0deg)AVE at a wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 80% or more,

(i-2) in a spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, an average transmittance T 450-600(50deg)AVE at the wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 80% or more,

(i-3) an absolute value of a difference between the average transmittance T 450-600(0deg)AVE and the average transmittance T 450-600(50deg)AVE is 5% or less,

(i-6) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, a maximum transmittance T 450-600(0deg)MAX at the wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 90% or more,

(i-7) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, a wavelength IR50 (0deg) at which a transmittance is 50% is in a range of 610 nm to 650 nm, and

(i-8) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, a wavelength IR50 (50deg) at which a transmittance is 50% is in the range of 610 nm to 650 nm, and

the optical filter satisfies the following spectral characteristics:

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, a maximum transmittance at a wavelength of 750 nm to 1000 nm is 2.6% or less, and

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, a maximum transmittance at a wavelength of 750 nm to 1000 nm is 3% or less.

2 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristic:

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, the maximum transmittance T 450-600(0deg)MAX at the wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 93% or more.

3 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristic:

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, the maximum transmittance at a wavelength of 750 nm to 1000 nm is 2.1% or less.

4 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristics (i-4) and (i-5):

(i-4) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, a transmittance T 450(0deg) at a wavelength of 450 nm is 80% or more, and

(i-5) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, a transmittance T 450(50deg) at the wavelength of 450 nm is 80% or more.

5 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristic:

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, a transmittance T 450(0deg) at a wavelength of 450 nm is 85% or more.

6 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristics (i-19) and (i-20):

(i-19) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, an average transmittance T 370-400(0deg)AVE at a wavelength of 370 nm to 400 nm is 2% or less, and

(i-20) in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, an average transmittance T 370-400(50deg)AVE at a wavelength of 370 nm to 400 nm is 2% or less.

7 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristic:

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 0 degrees, an average transmittance at a wavelength of 750 nm to 1000 nm is 0.4% or less.

8 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , further satisfying the following spectral characteristic:

in the spectral transmittance curve at an incident angle of 50 degrees, an average transmittance at a wavelength of 750 nm to 1000 nm is 0.2% or less.

9 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the near infrared ray absorbing glass satisfies all of the following spectral characteristics (iii-1) and (iii-2):

(iii-1) an average internal transmittance T 450-600AVE at the wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 90% or more, and

(iii-2) an internal transmittance T 450 at the wavelength of 450 nm is 92% or more.

10 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the near infrared ray absorbing glass satisfies all of the following spectral characteristics (iii-3) and (iii-4):

(iii-3) a wavelength IR50 at which an internal transmittance is 50% is in a range of 625 nm to 650 nm, and

(iii-4) an average internal transmittance T 750-1000AVE at a wavelength of 750 nm to 1,000 nm is 2.5% or less.

11 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the near infrared ray absorbing glass satisfies all of the following spectral characteristics (iii-5) and (iii-6):

(iii-5) a maximum internal transmittance T 1000-1200MAX at the wavelength of 1,000 nm to 1,200 nm is 5% or less, and

(iii-6) the internal transmittance T 450 /the maximum internal transmittance T 1000-1200MAX ≥10.

12 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the resin film satisfies all of the following spectral characteristics (iv-1) to (iv-3):

(iv-1) an average internal transmittance T 450-600AVE at the wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 93% or more,

(iv-2) a maximum internal transmittance T 450-600MAX at the wavelength of 450 nm to 600 nm is 95% or more, and

(iv-3) an internal transmittance T 450 at the wavelength of 450 nm is 86% or more.

13 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the resin film satisfies all of the following spectral characteristics (iv-4) and (iv-5):

(iv-4) IR50 (L) −IR50 (S) ≥90 nm where IR50 (S) is a shortest wavelength and IR50 (L) is a longest wavelength at which an internal transmittance is 50% in a spectral transmittance curve at a wavelength of 650 nm to 900 nm, and

(iv-5) a minimum internal transmittance T 700-800MIN at a wavelength of 700 nm to 800 nm is 10% or less.

14 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the resin film comprises a squarylium compound as the pigment (NIR1), and

the resin film further comprises at least one of a squarylium compound and a cyanine compound as a pigment (NIR2) having a maximum absorption wavelength in the resin longer than the maximum absorption wavelength of the pigment (NIR1) in the resin by 20 nm to 60 nm.

15 . The optical filter according to claim 1 , wherein the resin film is provided by one layer or two layers.

16 . An imaging device comprising the optical filter according to claim 1 .

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-113057 · Jul 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18396795 · Dec 27, 2023
Continuation PCTJP2022026327 · Jun 30, 2022
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