Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens system

US6101044A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/4277
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens system has, from the object side, a first lens unit having a negative optical power and including at least one diffractive optical surface and a second lens unit having a positive optical power and including at least one diffractive optical surface. A distance between the first and second lens units varies during zooming operation.

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