METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM COATED LENS

• US 20090015932A1
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHIEN, SHIH-CHE
• Application Number:
  US12/106,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20090015932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/642
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/0006 Arrays G02B3/02, G02B5/188 take precedence

Abstract

A method for manufacturing film coated optical lens includes steps: providing a lens array panel including an array of lens units; forming an optical film on opposite surfaces of the lens array panel; cutting the lens array panel into pieces, thereby obtaining a plurality of separated lenses with the optical film formed on opposite surfaces thereof.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing optical lenses, comprising:

providing a lens array panel including an array of lens units;

forming an optical film on opposite surfaces of the lens array panel;

cutting the lens array panel into pieces, thereby obtaining a plurality of separated lenses with the optical film formed on opposite surfaces thereof.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lens array panel is made of optical plastics.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lens array panel is formed using a process selected from the group consisting of a hot press molding process, an injection molding process and a casting process.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the hot pressing molding process comprise:

placing a plastic sheet between a first mold half and a second mold half, the first mold half having a first molding surface configured for forming one surface of the lens array panel, the second mold half having a second molding surface configured for forming the other surface of the lens array panel, the first molding surface comprising a flat portion with a plurality of concave portions or convex portions on the flat portion, the concave portions or convex portions configured for forming the respective lens units;

pressing the first mold half and the second mold half at a high temperature sufficient to shape the sheet into the lens array panel; and

cooling the treated sheet to obtain the lens array panel.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second molding surfaces comprising a same number of concave portions or convex portions as that of the concave portions or convex portions of the first molding surface, the concave portions or convex portions of the first molding surface and that of the second molding surface being coaxially aligned with each other.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lens array panel is made of optical glass.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lens array panel is formed using a stamping method.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical film is formed on the lens array panel using a process selected from the group consisting of evaporation coating and sputtering.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lens array panel is cut using a wafer dicing saw.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical film is an anti-reflective film.