Zoom lens
AssigneeFoxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
InventorsChao-Yu Hung, Jyh-Long Chern
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Abstract
An exemplary zoom lens comprises, in order from an object side of the zoom lens, a first lens module having a negative refractive power, a second lens module having a positive refractive power and a third lens module having a positive refractive power. When the zoom lens is adjusted from wide-angle to telephoto, the first lens module remain fixed in place, the second group is moved toward the object side thereof along an optical axis so as to perform the zooming, while the third group is moved along the optical axis so as to compensate for any fluctuation of in position of an image on the image plane caused by the movement of the second lens module.
Claims14
A zoom lens for optical alignment with an image sensor, the zoom lens comprising, from an object side to an image side thereof:
- a first lens module having a negative refractive power for being fixed relative to the image sensor,
- a second lens module having a positive refractive power for being disposed between the first lens module and the image senor and movable toward and away from the first lens module;
- and
- a third lens module having a positive refractive power for being disposed between the second lens module and the image sensor and movable toward and away from the second lens module, wherein
- when the zoom lens is reciprocally zoomable between a wide-angle position where the first lens module is fixed relative to the image sensor, the second and third lens modules are nearest to the first lens module and furthest from the image sensor, and a telephoto position where the first lens module is fixed relative to the image sensor, the second and third lens modules are furthest from the first lens module and furthest from the image sensor, and the zoom lens satisfies following expressions:
- 2.3<|F1|/FW<2.9;
- 1<|F2|/FW<1.5;
- 0.2<|FBW|/TTL<0.5;
- 2<TTL/y<4.1;
- and
- 2.5<TTL/D2W<4.5;
- wherein F1 represents a focal length of the first lens module, FW represents a focal length of the zoom lens in the wide-angle position, F2 represents a focal length of the second lens module, FBW represents a back focal length of the zoom lens in the wide-angle position, y represents an image plane height of the zoom lens, TTL represents a full length of the zoom lens, D2W represents a distance between the first lens module and the second lens module in the wide-angle position.
A camera module comprising:
- an image sensor;
- and
- a zoom lens in optical alignment with the image sensor, the zoom lens comprising, from an object side to an image side thereof:
- a first lens module having a negative refractive power, the first lens module fixed relative to the image sensor,
- a second lens module having a positive refractive power, the second lens module disposed between the first lens module and the image senor and movable toward and away from the first lens module;
- and
- a third lens module having a positive refractive power, the third lens module disposed between the second lens module and the image sensor and movable toward and away from the second lens module, wherein
- when the zoom lens is reciprocally zoomable between a wide-angle position where the first lens module is fixed relative to the image sensor, the second and third lens modules are nearest to the first lens module and furthest from the image sensor, and a telephoto position where the first lens module is fixed relative to the image sensor, the second and third lens modules are furthest from the first lens module and furthest from the image sensor, wherein
- the zoom lens satisfies following expressions:
- 2.3<|F1|/FW<2.9;
- 1<|F2|/FW<1.5;
- 0.2<|FBW|/TTL<0.5;
- 2<TTL/y<4.1;
- and
- 2.5<TTL/D2W<4.5;
- wherein F1 represents a focal length of the first lens module, FW represents a focal length of the zoom lens in the wide-angle position, F2 represents a focal length of the second lens module, FBW represents a back focal length of the zoom lens in the wide-angle position, y represents an image plane height of the zoom lens, TTL represents a full length of the zoom lens, D2W represents a distance between the first lens module and the second lens module in the wide-angle position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.