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Illumination optical system

US4953937A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 1989
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0994
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An illumination optical system consisting of a small number of lens components and having a very uniform light distribution characteristic wherein a light source having a two-dimensional extent, a positive lens system so arranged as to locate the front focal point thereof in the vicinity of the light source and having at least one aspherical surface, and a surface to be illuminated are arranged.

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