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Image magnifying/reducing optical device and manufacturing method thereof

US6480345B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateNov 12, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/02042
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image magnifying/reducing optical device includes a base member having first and second surfaces which are approximately parallel to one another; and a plurality of high-refractive-index regions formed in the base member. The plurality of high-refractive-index regions continuously extending from the first surface to the second surface of the base member; and a sectional area of each of said plurality of high-refractive-index regions around the second surface being larger than that around the first surface.

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