Projection optical system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9671598-B2
Application number	US-201615014464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2016
Priority date	Feb 18, 2015
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

In a 1-2nd lens group, an aspherical resin lens is disposed on the outermost enlargement side, an enlargement-side fixed lens group (second fixed lens group) as a fixed group is disposed, a moving lens group, which move when focusing is performed in response to the magnification change, is disposed further on the reduction side from the second fixed lens group. Even in a case where the second optical group is configured of one mirror, it is possible for a primary image to have appropriate aberration and to hereby reduce aberration of an image which is finally projected onto a screen through the second optical group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projection optical system comprising:
in order from a reduction side,
a first optical group which is formed of a plurality of lenses and has positive power; and
a second optical group which has one reflective surface having a concave aspherical shape,
wherein the first optical group is formed to include a 1-1st lens group having positive power, on the reduction side, and a 1-2nd lens group having weaker positive or negative power, compared to the power of the 1-1st lens group, on the enlargement side, with the widest air interval as a boundary, and
wherein the 1-2nd lens group includes an enlargement-side fixed lens group which is disposed on the outermost enlargement side, is fixed when focusing is performed in response to the magnification change, and is configured to include a plurality of lenses having at least one aspherical surface, and at least one moving lens group which moves in the optical axis direction when focusing is performed in response to the magnification change.

2. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the 1-2nd lens group, the enlargement-side fixed lens group is configured to include two negative lenses and an aspherical lens molded using a resin is disposed on the enlargement side.

3. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the 1-2nd lens group has, as the moving lens group, a plurality of lens groups which individually move when focusing is performed in response to the magnification change.

4. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the 1-1st lens group is configured to have an aperture therein and two lenses of a positive lens with a convex surface facing the enlargement side and a negative meniscus lens with the concave surface facing the enlargement side, in this order from the reduction side, on the enlargement side from the aperture.

5. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the 1-1st lens group includes an aperture therein, includes at least two sets of cemented lenses of positive lenses and negative lenses disposed on the reduction side from the aperture, and has at least a concave aspherical surface on the enlargement side.

6. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the numerical aperture on the object side is equal to or more than 0.3.

7. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reduction side is substantially telecentric.

8. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein elements configuring the first optical group and the second optical group all have a rotationally symmetric system.

9. The projection optical system according to claim 1 ,
wherein a range of magnification change is equal to or greater than 1.5 times.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Minefuji Nobutaka

Classifications

• G02B5/005

  Diaphragms (for cameras G03B9/02) · CPC title

• G02B13/007

  the beam folding prism having at least one curved surface · CPC title

• G02B7/04

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G02B3/04

  with continuous faces that are rotationally symmetrical but deviate from a true sphere {, e.g. so called "aspheric" lenses} · CPC title

• G02B15/00

  Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification (anamorphotic objectives G02B13/08) · CPC title