Patent · US Expired

Method of producing a lens

US5298096A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1992
Grant dateMar 29, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49904
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of producing a high-precision lens system, such as a stepper lens, involves the following steps: (a) attaching a metal frame to the radial periphery of each of a plurality of lens elements at a prescribed distance from the optical axis of the element; (b) positioning the periphery of each metal frame at a prescribed radial distance from a reference axis to align the optical axis of each lens element along the reference axis; and (c) securing the individual lens sections together. Adjustment of the eccentricity of the individual lenses is accomplished by measuring the displacement of the lens-frame periphery from the reference axis.

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