Array of microlenses with integrated illumination

US8792174B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Philipp H. Schmaelzle · Los Altos, US
• Jacques Duparre · Jena, DE
• Martin Punke · Warthausen, DE
• Peter Dannberg · Jena, DE
• Reinhard Voelkel · Neuchâtel, CH
• Andreas Braeuer · Schlieben, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/8063
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a microlens array with integrated illumination, an imaging system with such a microlens array, an image detection device and also a method for producing the microlens array.