Patent · US Expired

Raster scanning system utilizing overfilled polygon facet design

US4941721A · kind A · utility

13Cited by
5References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1989
Grant dateJul 17, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0988
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a raster output scanning (ROS) printer, an overfilled polygon design is enabled by using a high power laser diode to compensate for low efficiency of an overfilled design and by using an aspheric lens assembly to provide a flat beam illumination profile at each polygon facet.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.