Projection apparatus and projection lens thereof capable of reducing focal length and aberration

• US 9,612,515 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2011
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Young Optics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Young Optics, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsu, Ya-Ling, Lin, Ching-Lun
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, BAO-LUAN Q
• Application Number:
  US13/337,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20130162957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,926 Days
• Field of Search: 353 37, 353 78, 353 79, 353 98, 353 99, 353101
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/16 for use in conjunction with image converters or intensifiers , or for use with projectors, e.g. objectives for projection TV
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/18 with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration G02B13/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 17/0852 having a field corrector only
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/28 Reflectors in projection beam in illumination beam G03B21/2066

Abstract

A projection lens including a reflective unit and a refractive unit is provided. The projection lens is disposed between an object side and an image side. The reflective unit is disposed between the object side and the image side and has a negative refractive power. The refractive unit is disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and has a positive refractive power. The refractive unit includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and includes at least one cemented lens and an aperture stop. The at least one cemented lens is disposed between the object side and the aperture stop. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the reflective unit and includes at least one aspheric lens. A projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided.

Claims

1. A projection apparatus, comprising:

a light source module, providing an illumination beam;

a projection lens, disposed between an object side and an image side, and the projection lens comprising;

a reflective unit, disposed between the object side and the image side and having a negative refractive power; and

a refractive unit, disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and having a positive refractive power, and the refractive unit comprising;

a first lens group, disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and comprising at least one cemented lens and an aperture stop, wherein the at least one cemented lens is disposed between the object side and the aperture stop, the first lens group further comprises a first lens, and the at least one cemented lens comprises a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, wherein a refractive index of the third lens is higher than refractive indexes of the second lens and the fourth lens, the third lens has Abbe number between 55 and 90 substantially, and each of the second lens and the fourth lens has Abbe number between 20 and 40 substantially; and

a second lens group, disposed between the first lens group and the reflective unit and comprising at least one aspheric lens; and

a light valve module, converting the illumination beam into an image beam, disposed at the object side, and disposed between the light source module and the projection lens.

2. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the refractive unit further comprises a third lens group disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group.

3. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the third lens group comprises a ninth lens and a tenth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and refractive powers of the ninth lens and the tenth lens are respectively positive and negative.

4. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ninth lens is a biconvex lens, and the tenth lens is a convex-concave lens with a convex surface facing the image side.

5. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second lens group is movable and moves with respect to the first lens group and the third lens group to focus.

6. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first lens group and the third lens group are movable and move together with respect to the second lens group to compensate manufacturing tolerance.

7. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one cemented lens is a first triple cemented lens having a positive refractive power formed with the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens, and refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are sequentially positive, positive, negative, and positive from the object side towards the image side.

8. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first lens group further comprises a fifth lens and a second triple cemented lens, the second triple cemented lens having a positive refractive power is formed with a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, and refractive powers of the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, and the eighth lens are respectively positive, negative, positive, and negative.

9. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein a refractive index of the seventh lens is lower than refractive indexes of the sixth lens and the eighth lens, each of the sixth lens and the eighth lens has Abbe number between 55 and 90 substantially, and the seventh lens has Abbe number between 20 and 40 substantially.

10. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the first lens, the second lens, and the seventh lens is a biconvex lens, each of the third lens and the eighth lens is a biconcave lens, and each of the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens is a concave-convex lens with a convex surface facing the object side.

11. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein Abbe numbers of two lenses of the first triple cemented lens at two opposite sides of the first triple cemented lens are greater than an Abbe number of a lens sandwiched therebetween.

12. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second lens group further comprises an eleventh lens and a twelfth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and refractive powers of the eleventh lens and the twelfth lens are respectively positive and negative.

13. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the quantity of the at least one aspheric lens disposed between the twelfth lens and the reflective unit is one.

14. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one aspheric lens has a first aspheric lens and a second aspheric lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side and disposed between the twelfth lens and the reflective unit.

15. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein each of the first aspheric lens and the second aspheric lens is a concave-convex lens with a convex surface facing the image side.

16. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the eleventh lens is a biconvex lens, and the twelfth lens is a biconcave lens.

17. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the image beam passes through the refractive unit, a distance between a paraxial ray focus of the image beam and the refractive unit is shorter than a distance between an off-axis ray focus of the image beam and the refractive unit.

18. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein F number of the projection lens is smaller than or equal to 2.

19. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image beam is projected onto a screen, and a ratio of a projection distance and a diagonal line of the screen is smaller than 0.2.

20. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a third lens sequentially counted from the object side towards the image side in the projection lens has a negative refractive power.

21. A projection lens, disposed between an object side and an image side, and comprising:

a reflective unit, disposed between the object side and the image side and having a negative refractive power; and

a refractive unit, disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and having a positive refractive power, and comprising;

a first lens group, disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and comprising at least one cemented lens and an aperture stop, wherein the at least one cemented lens is disposed between the object side and the aperture stop, the first lens group further comprises a first lens, and the at least one cemented lens comprises a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, wherein a refractive index of the third lens is higher than refractive indexes of the second lens and the fourth lens, the third lens has Abbe number between 55 and 90 substantially, and each of the second lens and the fourth lens has Abbe number between 20 and 40 substantially; and

a second lens group, disposed between the first lens group and the reflective unit and comprising at least one aspheric lens.

22. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein the refractive unit further comprises a third lens group disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group.

23. The projection lens as claimed in claim 22, wherein the third lens group comprises a ninth lens and a tenth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and refractive powers of the ninth lens and the tenth lens are respectively positive and negative.

24. The projection lens as claimed in claim 23, wherein the ninth lens is a biconvex lens, and the tenth lens is a convex-concave lens with a convex surface facing the image side.

25. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein the at least one cemented lens is a first triple cemented lens having a positive refractive power formed with the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens, and refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are sequentially positive, positive, negative, and positive from the object side towards the image side.

26. The projection lens as claimed in claim 25, wherein the first lens group further comprises a fifth lens and a second triple cemented lens, the second triple cemented lens having a positive refractive power is formed with a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, and refractive powers of the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, and the eighth lens are respectively positive, negative, positive, and negative.

27. The projection lens as claimed in claim 26, wherein a refractive index of the seventh lens is lower than refractive indexes of the sixth lens and the eighth lens, each of the sixth lens and the eighth lens has Abbe number between 55 and 90 substantially, and the seventh lens has Abbe number between 20 and 40 substantially.

28. The projection lens as claimed in claim 26, wherein each of the first lens, the second lens, and the seventh lens is a biconvex lens, each of the third lens and the eighth lens is a biconcave lens, and each of the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens is a concave-convex lens with a convex surface facing the object side.

29. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein the second lens group further comprises an eleventh lens and a twelfth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, and refractive powers of the eleventh lens and the twelfth lens are respectively positive and negative.

30. The projection lens as claimed in claim 29, wherein the quantity of the at least one aspheric lens disposed between the twelfth lens and the reflective unit is one.

31. The projection lens as claimed in claim 29, wherein the at least one aspheric lens has a first aspheric lens and a second aspheric lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side and disposed between the twelfth lens and the reflective unit.

32. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 31, wherein each of the first aspheric lens and the second aspheric lens is a concave-convex lens with a convex surface facing the image side.

33. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 29, wherein the eleventh lens is a biconvex lens, and the twelfth lens is a biconcave lens.

34. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein after the image beam passes through the refractive unit, a distance between a paraxial ray focus of the image beam and the refractive unit is shorter than a distance between an off-axis ray focus of the image beam and the refractive unit.

35. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein F number of the projection lens is smaller than or equal to 2.

36. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein the image beam is projected onto a screen, and a ratio of a projection distance and a diagonal line of the screen is smaller than 0.2.

37. The projection lens as claimed in claim 21, wherein the projection lens has an optical axis, and a minimum distance between a projected object and the optical axis is Rmin, a maximum distance between the projected object and the optical axis is Rmax, and Rmin and Rmax satisfy a condition as follows:

0.1<

Rmin/Rmax<

0.5.

38. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the at least one cemented lens comprises a first triple cemented lens and a second triple cemented lens, the first triple cemented lens is formed with the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens, and the second triple cemented lens comprises three lenses having sequentially negative, positive and negative refractive powers from the object side towards the image side.

39. The projection apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the at least one cemented lens comprises a first triple cemented lens and a second triple cemented lens, the first triple cemented lens is formed with the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens, and Abbe numbers of two lenses of the second triple cemented lens at two opposite sides of the second triple cemented lens are smaller than an Abbe number of a lens sandwiched therebetween.