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Reflection preventive film having an aspherical layer

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1979-01-19
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Granted: 1981-04-14
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Expires: 1999-01-19
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Abstract

Abstract An aspherical reflection preventive coating composed of a first thin film group includes one or more layers of thin film having an equal thickness, an aspherical thin film disposed on the thin film group and having an aspherical shape at the side opposite to the substrate, and a second thin film group disposed on the aspherical thin film, and comprising one or more layers of thin film, the films being arranged in the order as mentioned above from the side of the substrate.

Inventors

  • 👤 Mitsuharu Sawamura
  • 👤 Osamu Kamiya

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 02:59
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/34; C03C17/3411; C03C17/3429; C03C17/3447; C03C17/3452; C03C17/3417; G; G02; G02B; G02B1/00; G02B1/10; G02B1/11; G02B1/113; G02B1/115

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 122 words
A reflection preventive film having an aspherical thin film layer, comprising: a substrate; a first thin film group consisting of at least one thin film layer having a uniform thickness, said first thin film group being provided on said substrate; an aspherical thin film having non-uniform film thickness and an aspherical shape at the surface opposite to the side of said substrate, said aspherical thin film being provided on said first thin film group, said aspherical thin film having a refractive index different from the refractive index of each layer of said first thin film group; and a second thin film group consisting of at least one thin film layer, said second thin film group being provided on said aspherical thin film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 122 words
A reflection preventive film having an aspherical thin film layer, comprising: a substrate; a first thin film group consisting of at least one thin film layer having a uniform thickness, said first thin film group being provided on said substrate; an aspherical thin film having non-uniform film thickness and an aspherical shape at the surface opposite to the side of said substrate, said aspherical thin film being provided on said first thin film group, said aspherical thin film having a refractive index different from the refractive index of each layer of said first thin film group; and a second thin film group consisting of at least one thin film layer, said second thin film group being provided on said aspherical thin film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 74 words
The reflection preventive film as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first thin film group consists of a single layer, a refractive index of said single layer is substantially equal to √ng·na (where ng denotes a refractive index of said substrate, and na denotes a refractive index of said aspherical thin film), and the film thickness of said single layer is substantially equal to a quarter of a reference wavelength λ 0 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 89 words
The reflection preventive film as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first thin film group consists of two layers, and each layer has a relationship of ng<n 1 and n 2 <na (where n 1 is a refractive index of the thin film layer at the side of said substrate; n 2 is a refractive index of the thin film layer at the side of the aspherical thin film; ng is the refractive index of the substrate; and na is the refractive index of the aspherical thin film).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 84 words
The reflection preventive film as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first thin film consists of two layers, and each layer has a relationship of ng>n 1 and n 2 >na (where n 1 is the refractive index of the layer at the side of the substrate; n 2 is the refractive index of the layer at the side of the aspherical thin film; ng is the refractive index of the substrate; and na is the refractive index of the aspherical thin film).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 43 words
The reflection preventive film as set forth in claim 3 or 4, wherein film thickness of each of the two layers constituting said first thin film group is substantially uniform throughout, and is substantially a quarter of the reference wavelength λ 0 .

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3185020A Cited
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