Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beam irradiation apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 光束照射装置
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Application No.: US11675852Application Date: 2007-02-16
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Publication No.: US07826117B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Masato Yamada , Yoshihisa Suzuki
- Applicant: Masato Yamada , Yoshihisa Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Ditthavong, Mori & Steiner, P.C.
- Priority: JP2006-041924 20060220; JP2006-058578 20060303
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08

Abstract:
An attachment lens is arranged in a stage subsequent to a scanning lens. After a laser beam is converged by the scanning lens, the laser beam is converted into a parallel beam by the attachment lens. When the scanning lens is displaced in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser beam, a traveling direction of the laser beam is bent by a predetermined angle immediately after the laser beam passes through the scanning lens. Then, the traveling direction of the laser beam is further bent by a predetermined angle in the same direction by the passage of the laser beam through the attachment lens. Accordingly, a final swing angle of the laser beam outgoing from an outgoing window is increased by a swing angle imparted by the attachment lens compared with the case where the attachment lens is not arranged. One of lens surfaces of the attachment lens is formed in a toroidal surface, which allows the laser beam to have a long outline in a vertical direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070195393A1 BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2007-08-23
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