Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With multipart element
Patent
1993-11-12
1996-05-21
Sugarman, Scott J.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With multipart element
359619, 359620, 359625, 359628, G02B 2700, G02B 302
Patent
active
055195393
ABSTRACT:
A microlens array and mold for making same in which the perimeter of each microlens is a modified polygon in that each edge of the lens approximates an elliptical arc, the ends of which terminate at the corners of the polygon, wherein the middle of the arc curves toward the center of each microlens. The microlenses are preferably rectangular or triangular.
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Aastuen David J. W.
Hoopman Timothy L.
Griswold Gary L.
Kirn Walter N.
Levinson Eric D.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Sugarman Scott J.
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