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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127566 | MAGNIFYING IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METROLOGY SYSTEM WITH AN IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE A magnifying imaging optical system is disclosed that has precisely three mirrors, which image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. A ratio between a transverse dimension of the image field and a transverse dimension measured in the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120069430 | LENS ARRAY, LENS UNIT, LED HEAD, EXPOSURE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, READING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS ARRAY, AND FORMING DIE A lens array includes a plurality of lenses having respective optical axes that are approximately parallel to each other, wherein the plurality of lenses are configured in a direction approximately perpendicular to the optical axes and are formed integrally with each ot... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120033296 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus contains a plurality of optical elements arranged in N>−2 successive sections A1 to AN of the projection objective which are separated from one another by pupil planes... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019800 | LITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION OBJECTIVE, AND A METHOD FOR CORRECTING IMAGE DEFECTS OF THE SAME A lithography projection objective for imaging a pattern to be arranged in an object plane of the projection objective onto a substrate to be arranged in an image plane of the projection objective comprises a multiplicity of optical elements that are arranged along an o... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110235013 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a high index refractive optical element with an index of refraction greater than 1.6. This element has a volume and a material related optical property which varies over the volume. Variatio... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110102886 | LENS UNIT, LED HEAD, EXPOSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SCANNING APPARATUS Lens pairs include: a first lens to form an intermediate image, which is an inverted image of an object, on an intermediate image plane; and a second lens to form an image of the object, which is an inverted image of the intermediate image, on the image plane. A ratio o... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110038038 | LENS ARRAY IMAGING OPTICS FOR A LINE SENSOR MODULE An embodiment relates to a lens array imaging optics for a line sensor module comprising at least two lens arrays (100, 200) and a black mask (700) arranged between the two lens arrays (100, 200), the black mask (700) being configured to avoi... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110026110 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR LITHOGRAPHY In some embodiments, a projection objective for lithography includes an optical arrangement of optical elements between an object plane and an image plane. The arrangement generally has at least one intermediate image plane, the arrangement further having at least two c... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110007389 | OBSERVATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE INCLUDING THE OBSERVATION OPTICAL SYSTEM An observation optical system includes, in order from a sample side, an infinity-corrected objective, a first lens group having a positive power, a second lens group having a positive power, and a tube lens having a positive power. An intermediate image is formed betwee... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100288942 | OPTICAL ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING A SAMPLE WITH A LINE BEAM An optical system for illuminating a sample with a line beam comprises a light source (24), a beam shaper (30) for transforming the beam of light emitted by the light source into an intermediate astigmatic image and an imaging system for transforming the i... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100238414 | Visual display device A visual display device includes an image display element 3 and an ocular optical system 5 that allows a viewer to observe an image displayed on the image display element 3 as a virtual image in a remote location. The ocular optical system 5 ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100214565 | IMAGING MICROOPTICS FOR MEASURING THE POSITION OF AN AERIAL IMAGE An imaging microoptics, which is compact and robust, includes at least one aspherical member and has a folded beam path. The imaging microoptics provides a magnification |β′| of >800 by magnitude. Furthermore, a system for positioning a wafer with respect to a pro... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100172022 | PROJECTING LENS AND PROJECTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A projecting lens for projecting a light of an image generating device onto a screen is provided. The image generating device has a light valve. The projecting lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group has an imaging optical axis and... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100053734 | LENS UNIT A lens unit includes at least three lenses that are laminated and received in a lens barrel. The lenses include a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens that are laminated from the side of an object in this order. The first lens includes a first contact face that i... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090296204 | HIGH-NA PROJECTION OBJECTIVE WITH ASPHERIC LENS SURFACES A projection objective for imaging a pattern provided in an object surface onto an image surface of the projection objective has an object-side imaging subsystem for creating a final intermediate image closest to the image surface from radiation coming from the object s... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090231688 | OPTICAL GLASS LENS SET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF An optical glass lens set and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An optical glass lens is used as an insert that is set into a cavity of a mold. By injection molding of the molded insert or press molding, an optical glass lens set with a lens holder is formed... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090162012 | Lens Arrangement for Optical Rotating Data Transmission Devices in Arbitrary Surrounding Media A rotating data transmission device for optical signals comprises two collimator arrangements for coupling light-waveguides, the collimator arrangements being rotatable relative to each other, and a derotating element being interposed in a light path between the collima... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090080068 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE A projection optical system which projects an image of a first object onto a second object includes a plurality of lenses and a plurality of aperture stops for determining a numerical aperture. The plurality of aperture stops include a first aperture stop having an open... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080304141 | Optical Image Converter Arrangement The invention relates to an optical image converter system to be used in video cameras. The image converter system comprises a recording lens that is to be oriented towards an object and generates a real intermediate image of the object with a defined image size and dep... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080278799 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is disclosed. The projection objective can project an image of a mask that can be set in position in an object plane onto a light-sensitive coating layer that can be set in position in an image ... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080259440 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A projection optical system for forming an image of a first surface on a second surface has a first imaging optical system and a second imaging optical system, and a folding member for guiding light from the first imaging optical system to the second imaging optical sys... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080259450 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL APPARATUS, RELAY OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD An illumination optical apparatus guides to an illumination object a light beam emitted from a light source. The illumination optical apparatus includes an enlarging optical system, disposed between the light source and the illumination object, and a reduction optical s... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080230934 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A WAFER SCALE PACKAGE A method for manufacturing a wafer scale package including at least one substrate having replicated optical elements. The method uses two substrates, at least one of which is pre-shaped and has at least one recess in its front surface. Optical elements are replicated on... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080212058 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD The present invention provides a projection optical system which projects an image on a first object plane onto a second object plane, comprising a plurality of optical members inserted in turn from a side of the second object plane, said plurality of optical members be... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080174858 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR LITHOGRAPHY In some embodiments, a projection objective for lithography includes an optical arrangement of optical elements between an object plane and an image plane. The arrangement generally has at least one intermediate image plane, the arrangement further having at least two c... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080170291 | Laser processing apparatus The present invention relates to a laser processing apparatus which can be miniaturized and has a structure for achieving effective protection of the fiber laser light source. The laser processing apparatus comprises a fiber laser light source, a collimator, a spatial f... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080151362 | OPTICAL LENS, COMPOUND LENS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AS WELL AS CEMENTED LENS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME An optical lens includes a lens effective portion, an inclined portion and a flange portion. The lens effective portion has, on a first side, a lens face with a small radius of curvature and also has, on a second side, a lens face with a large radius of curvature. The i... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080062509 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A diffractive optical element is disclosed. The diffractive optical element is used in an illumination optical system of an exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate, and used for forming the intensity distribution of light at a pupil plane of the illumination optica... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080049304 | SPECTROSCOPE WITH VIGNETTING REDUCTION In a spectrometer, preferably in a spectrometric microscope, input light is provided from a light source to a specimen via a source objective element (e.g., a Schwarzchild objective), and the aperture of the light source is matched to the aperture of the source objectiv... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080007822 | High-na projection objective A catadioptric projection objective for imaging a pattern provided in an object surface onto an image surface of the projection objective has an object-side imaging subsystem for creating a final intermediate image closest to the image surface from radiation coming from... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080007711 | Range finder The present invention is generally directed to a range finder for measuring short and long distances via a simple, compact and stable structure without increasing the cost and the size of the device. The range finder according to the present invention comprises a light ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070285767 | Catadioptric imaging system with beam splitter A catadioptric imaging system for imaging an on-axis object field arranged in an object surface of the imaging system onto an on-axis image field arranged in an image surface of the imaging system while creating at least one intermediate image has at least two imaging s... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070285633 | Projection Optical System, Exposure System, And Exposure Method A imaging optical system is a system of a liquid immersion type permitting a plane-parallel plate in liquid to be replaced with another, without substantial degradation of imaging performance, while ensuring sufficiently high laser resistance of a boundary lens. The ima... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070273978 | Controllable optical lens A controllable optical lens system comprises a chamber housing first and second fluids, the interface between the fluids defining a lens surface. An electrode controls the shape of the lens surface and has first and second electrodes. The current supplied by a power sou... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070270062 | Process and System for Applying a Coating onto a Surface of a Lens Substrate A process for applying under pressure a coated or uncoated film onto a main surface of a lens substrate using a heat activable adhesive layer formed between a face of the coated or uncoated film and the main surface of the lens substrate, said process comprising a heati... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070188855 | APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION FOR A STRUCTURE USING SPECTRALLY-ENCODED ENDOSCOPY TEACHNIQUES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ONE OR MORE OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS Exemplary apparatus for obtaining information for a structure can be provided. For example, the exemplary apparatus can include at least one first optical fiber arrangement which is configured to transceive at least one first electromagnetic radiation, and can include a... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070183026 | Adjustable lens device An adjustable lens device includes a fixing seat, an adjusting seat sleeved on the fixing seat, and first and second lens modules mounted to the fixing seat. The fixing seat is formed with a plurality of positioning projections, and a plurality of guide slots that exten... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070177099 | Transparent and polarizing vision element having areas which are associated with polarization filters that are respectively vertically and horizontally oriented A transparent and polarizing vision element (2) divided into several areas. At least two of said areas are associated with a luminous polarization filter. The light flowing through the element is allocated differently for two the areas according to a direction of... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070165301 | VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH LENS A variable focal length lens (12) includes a central transparent elastic portion (120) having a first wall (1200) and a second wall (1202) intersecting an optical axis and a peripheral portion (122) surrounding the body. The first wall... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070146888 | Propagating light to be sensed Light to be sensed is spreaded across an entry surface of a transmission structure with a laterally varying energy transmission function. For example, the light could be output from a stimulus-wavelength converter, provided through an optical fiber, or it could come fro... | 06/28/2007 |
