JP2005215310A - Projection lens - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a projection lens of high resolution, with less distortion, and also, less deterioration of image quality due to a change in temperature by effectively arranging a spherical glass lens and a low-powered resin aspherical lens, etc. <P>SOLUTION: The projection lens is constituted of a 1st lens group and a 2nd lens group in order from an enlargement side, and the 1st lens group is constituted by arranging 1st and 2nd negative meniscus lenses having convex faces on the enlargement side, a 3rd meniscus lens having a convex face on the enlargement side and a 4th biconvex lens in this order from the enlargement side, and the 2nd lens group is constituted by arranging a 5th biconvex lens, a 6th biconcave lens used while being joined to the 5th lens, a 7th negative lens, a 8th positive lens, a 9th lens and a 10th lens in this order from the enlargement side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a projection lens for forming an image with a light valve and projecting emitted light from the light valve to a screen or the like that is almost parallel to the optical axis.

As a projection lens, there is a projection lens that forms an image with a light valve and projects emitted light from the light valve to a screen or the like that is nearly parallel to the optical axis (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese National Patent Publication No. 11-500834

  In this case, when a single lens having a low power is made of resin and used as a projection lens of a projector having a large temperature change, there is a problem that the image quality of the image on the screen deteriorates due to the temperature change.

  The present invention provides a projection lens having high resolution, small distortion, and little deterioration in image quality due to temperature change by effectively arranging a spherical glass lens, a low-power resin aspheric lens, and the like. Objective.

The projection lens of the present invention is a projection lens that projects an enlarged image onto a light valve and a screen or other wall surface of a projection display device, and includes a first lens group and a second lens group in order from the magnification side, The first lens group includes a first meniscus lens having a negative meniscus shape and a negative refractive power (hereinafter, negative lens), a third lens having a meniscus shape convex to the enlargement side, and a biconvex shape. A fifth lens that is biconvex in order from the magnifying side, a biconcave sixth lens that is used in a joined state with the fifth lens, A seventh lens that is a negative lens, an eighth lens that is a lens having a positive refractive power (hereinafter, positive lens), a ninth lens, and a tenth lens are arranged, and the power of the first lens group is described below. Conditional expression (1) The first lens group satisfies the following conditional expression (2) regarding the power of the fourth lens constituting the first lens group and the power of the ninth lens constituting the second lens group. The following conditional expression (3) is satisfied with respect to the distance between the second lens group and the distance between the eighth lens and the ninth lens of the second lens group. (Claim 1)
(1) | f / f _1,4 | <0.2
(2) 0.8 <f ₉ / f ₄ <1.2
(3) 0.7 <d ₁₅ / d ₈ <1.3
However,
f: Composite focal length of the entire lens system f _1,4 : Composite focal length of the first lens group f ₉ : Focal length of the ninth lens f ₄ : Focal length of the fourth lens d ₁₅ : Eighth lens and ninth lens Distance d ₈ : Distance between the fourth lens and the fifth lens

  Conditional expression (1) means that the first lens unit is an afocal system having a small power. This is because the first lens group serves as a wide converter, and it is as if various aberrations corrected by the second lens group are performed for a small angle of view, and correction is facilitated. Conditional expressions (2) and (3) can suppress distortion and coma aberration by maintaining a certain degree of symmetry from the fourth lens to the ninth lens around the enlargement surface of the seventh lens, which is a stop. Means. When the upper limit or lower limit is exceeded in conditional expressions (2) and (3), asymmetry with respect to the stop increases, and distortion and coma increase.

In the first aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the following conditional expression (4) is satisfied with respect to the Abbe number of the lenses constituting the first lens group. (Claim 2)
(4) 25 <(ν ₁ + ν ₂ ) / 2−ν ₄
However,
ν ₁ : Abbe number of the first lens ν ₂ : Abbe number of the second lens ν ₄ : Abbe number of the fourth lens

  Conditional expression (4) relates to the distribution of the Abbe numbers of the lenses excluding the third lens having a weak power constituting the first lens group. This is a conditional expression for maintaining good correction of chromatic aberration of the first lens group. Under such conditions, correction of chromatic aberration is good. When the lower limit of conditional expression (4) is exceeded, the power of the first, second, and fourth lenses for achromaticity becomes excessive, and monochromatic aberration increases.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the third lens constituting the first lens group satisfies the following conditional expression (5), is made of a resin material, and the reduction-side surface is aspherical. It is preferable that (Claim 3)
(5) | f / f3 | <0.25
However,
f ₃ : focal length of the third lens

  By using an aspherical surface for the third lens, distortion can be suppressed, and by using plastic, an increase in cost due to the aspherical surface can be suppressed, and conditional expression (5) can reduce spherical aberration and power by reducing the power of the third lens. The effects of coma and temperature on the focal length are suppressed. Therefore, if the power of the third lens exceeds the conditional expression (5), the focus shift with respect to the temperature change increases, and a problem arises in terms of moldability.

In the invention described in claim 1, it is preferable that the second lens group satisfies the following conditional expressions (6) and (7). (Claim 4)
(6) 15 <((ν ₅ −ν ₆ ) + (ν ₈ −ν ₇ )) / 2
(7) 1.9 <(n ₄ + n ₅ + n ₈ + n ₉ ) / 4
However,
ν ₅ : Abbe number of the fifth lens ν ₆ : Abbe number of the sixth lens ν ₈ : Abbe number of the eighth lens ν ₇ : Abbe number of the seventh lens n ₄ : Refractive index of the fourth lens at the d-line n ₅ : Refractive index at the d-line of the fifth lens n ₈ : Refractive index at the d-line of the eighth lens n ₉ : Refractive index at the d-line of the ninth lens

  Conditional expression (6) relates to the distribution of the Abbe number of the lenses excluding the ninth lens and the tenth lens close to the object surface constituting the second lens group. This is a conditional expression for maintaining good correction of chromatic aberration of the second lens group. Under such conditions, correction of chromatic aberration is good. If the lower limit is exceeded, correction of chromatic aberration becomes difficult. Conditional expression (7) relates to the selection of the refractive index of the glass material used for the positive lens excluding the tenth lens. This is a condition for satisfactorily correcting curvature of field and astigmatism while keeping Petzval sum small. Therefore, when the lower limit is exceeded, the Petzval sum increases, making it difficult to correct curvature of field.

In the first to fourth aspects of the invention, it is preferable that the following conditional expressions (8), (9), (10), and (11) are satisfied. (Claim 5)
(8) 0.33 <f / (R ₂ + R ₄ ) <0.45
_{(9) -1.5> R 7 /} R 8> -1.0
(10) −0.45> R ₉ / R ₁₅ > −0.8
(11) −0.7 <R ₁₆ / R ₁₇ <0
However,
R ₇ : curvature radius of the enlargement side surface of the fourth lens R ₈ : curvature radius of the reduction side surface of the fourth lens R ₉ : curvature radius of the enlargement side surface of the fifth lens R ₁₅ : reduction of the eighth lens Radius of curvature of the side surface R ₁₆ : radius of curvature of the enlargement side surface of the ninth lens R ₁₇ : radius of curvature of the reduction side surface of the ninth lens

  Conditional expression (8) relates to concentric concentricity from the aperture position, and suppresses coma and distortion. If this upper limit is exceeded, R2 and R4 become too small, and the workability of the first lens and the second lens becomes a problem. Beyond this lower limit, it becomes impossible to balance distortion and other aberrations. If conditional expressions (9) and (10) deviate from this condition, it is difficult to suppress spherical aberration and coma. If these lower limits are exceeded, the spherical aberration will be undercorrected, and if the upper limit is exceeded, it will be overcorrected. If the conditional expression (11) deviates from this condition, the telecentricity on the reduction side is deteriorated and the distortion tends to be large.

  According to the present invention, a compact projection lens with high imaging performance suitable for the characteristics of a light valve such as DMD can be realized, and a compact, bright and high-quality projector apparatus can be provided.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with respect to specific numerical examples. In the projection lenses of Examples 1 to 3 below, in order from the magnification side, the first lens group LG1, the second lens group LG2, and the first lens group LG1 have negative refractive power and are convex on the magnification side. A first lens L1 which is a lens having a negative meniscus shape and a negative refractive power (hereinafter, negative lens), a second lens L2 which is a negative lens having a meniscus shape convex to the enlargement side, and a positive refraction with a meniscus shape convex to the enlargement side A third lens L3, which is a lens having a power (hereinafter, positive lens), and a fourth lens L4, which is a positive lens. The second lens group LG2 has a positive refractive power and is a positive lens. A fifth lens L5 that is a negative lens and used in a state of being joined to the fifth lens L5; a seventh lens L7 that is a negative lens; an eighth lens L8 that is a positive lens; and a positive lens. 9th lens L9 It is constructed by. Further, a cover glass CG, which is a component of a light valve such as DMD, is disposed between the second lens group LG2 and the light valve surface with an air gap. The name of the refractive surface of each lens is S1 for the enlargement side of the first lens L1, S2 for the reduction side, S3 for the enlargement side of the second lens L2, S4 for the reduction side, S5 for the enlargement side of the third lens L3, The reduced side surface is S6, the enlarged side surface of the fourth lens L4 is S7, the reduced side surface is S8, the enlarged side surface of the fifth lens L5 is S9, the cemented surface between the fifth lens L5 and the sixth lens L6 is S10, and the sixth lens L6. The reduction side of S7, the enlargement side of the seventh lens L7 that also serves as a diaphragm, S12, the reduction side of the seventh lens L7, S13, the enlargement side of the eighth lens L8, S14, the reduction side of S15, and the enlargement of the ninth lens L9 The side surface is S16, the reduced side surface is S17, the enlarged side surface of the tenth lens L10 is S18, the reduced side surface is S19, the enlarged side surface of the cover glass CG is S20, and the reduced side surface is S21.

As is well known, the aspherical surface used in each embodiment has an aspherical formula when taking the Z axis in the optical axis direction and the Y axis in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis:
Z = (Y ² / r) [1 + √ {1- (1 + K) (Y / r) ² }]
+ A ・ Y ⁴ + B ・ Y ⁶ + C ・ Y ⁸ + D ・ Y ¹⁰ +
Is a curved surface obtained by rotating the curve given by around the optical axis, and the shape is defined by giving paraxial curvature radius: r, conic constant: K, and higher order aspherical coefficients: A, B, C, D To do. In the notation of the conic constant and the higher-order aspheric coefficient in the table, “E and the number following it” represent “power of 10”.
For example, “E-4” means 10 ⁻⁴ , and this numerical value may be multiplied by the immediately preceding numerical value.

  A numerical example is shown on the display 1 for the first embodiment of the projection zoom lens of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the lens configuration, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing various aberrations thereof.

In the tables and drawings, f represents the focal length of the entire lens system, FNo represents the F number, 2ω represents the total angle of view of the zoom lens, and bf represents the back focus. The back focus bf is an air-converted distance from the reduction side surface of the tenth lens constituting the second lens group to the light valve. Further, R is a radius of curvature, D is a lens thickness or a lens interval, N _d is a refractive index of the d line, and ν _d is an Abbe number of the d line.

  As for the distance between the lenses, the distance between the groups is shown as an example when the projection distance from the screen side surface of the first lens L1 to the screen is 2 m. D, g, and C in the various aberration diagrams are aberration curves at respective wavelengths. S represents sagittal and M represents meridional.

  Numerical examples of the second embodiment are shown in Table 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the lens configuration, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various aberrations thereof.

  Numerical examples of the third embodiment are shown in Table 3. FIG. 5 is a lens configuration diagram, and FIG.

    Next, Table 4 collectively shows values corresponding to the conditional expressions (1) to (11) regarding the first to third embodiments.

  As is clear from Table 4, the numerical values related to the examples of Examples 1 to 3 satisfy the conditional expressions (1) to (11), and are also apparent from the aberration diagrams in the examples. Each aberration is corrected well.

FIG. 3 is a lens configuration diagram of a first embodiment of a projection zoom lens according to the present invention; Various aberration diagrams of the lens of the first example Lens configuration diagram of the second embodiment of the projection zoom lens according to the present invention Various aberration diagrams of the lens of the second example Lens configuration diagram of a third embodiment of the projection zoom lens according to the present invention Various aberration diagrams of the lens of the third example

Claims (5)

A projection lens for enlarging and projecting onto a light valve and a screen of a projection display device, wherein the lens group includes a first lens group and a second lens group in order from the magnification side, and the first lens group is in order from the magnification side Convex meniscus negative first and second lenses on the magnifying side, a convex meniscus third lens on the magnifying side, and a biconvex fourth lens, and the second lens. The group is a biconvex fifth lens in order from the magnifying side, a biconcave sixth lens used in a joined state with the fifth lens, a negative lens seventh lens, a positive lens eighth lens, The ninth lens and the tenth lens are arranged, the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied with respect to the power of the first lens group, and the fourth lens and the second lens constituting the first lens group are satisfied. The ninth lens constituting the lens group The following conditional expression (2) is satisfied with respect to the power of the lens, and the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group and the distance between the eighth lens and the ninth lens of the second lens group: A projection lens satisfying the following conditional expression (3):
(1) | f / f _1,4 | <0.2
(2) 0.8 <f ₉ / f ₄ <1.2
(3) 0.7 <d ₁₅ / d ₈ <1.3
However,
f: Composite focal length of the entire lens system f _1,4 : Composite focal length of the first lens group f ₉ : Focal length of the ninth lens f ₄ : Focal length of the fourth lens d ₁₅ : Eighth lens and ninth lens Distance d ₈ : Distance between the fourth lens and the fifth lens 2. The projection lens according to claim 1, wherein the following conditional expression (4) is satisfied with respect to the Abbe number of the lenses constituting the first lens group.
(4) 25 <(ν ₁ + ν ₂ ) / 2−ν ₄
However,
ν ₁ : Abbe number of the first lens ν ₂ : Abbe number of the second lens ν ₄ : Abbe number of the fourth lens 2. The third lens constituting the first lens group satisfies the following conditional expression (5), is made of a resin material, and a reduction-side surface has an aspherical shape. Projection lens.
(5) | f / f ₃ | <0.25
However,
f ₃ : focal length of the third lens The projection lens according to claim 1, wherein the second lens group satisfies the following conditional expressions (6) and (7).
(6) 15 <((ν ₅ −ν ₆ ) + (ν ₈ −ν ₇ )) / 2
(7) 1.9 <(n ₄ + n ₅ + n ₈ + n ₉ ) / 4
However,
ν ₅ : Abbe number of the fifth lens ν ₆ : Abbe number of the sixth lens ν ₈ : Abbe number of the eighth lens ν ₇ : Abbe number of the seventh lens n ₄ : Refractive index of the fourth lens at the d-line n ₅ : Refractive index at the d-line of the fifth lens n ₈ : Refractive index at the d-line of the eighth lens n ₉ : Refractive index at the d-line of the ninth lens 5. The projection lens according to claim 1, wherein the following conditional expressions (8), (9), (10), and (11) are satisfied.
(8) 0.33 <f / (R ₂ + R ₄ ) <0.45
_{(9) -1.5> R 7 /} R 8> -1.0
(10) −0.45> R ₉ / R ₁₅ > −0.8
(11) −0.7 <R ₁₆ / R ₁₇ <0
However,
R ₇ : curvature radius of the enlargement side surface of the fourth lens R ₈ : curvature radius of the reduction side surface of the fourth lens R ₉ : curvature radius of the enlargement side surface of the fifth lens R ₁₅ : reduction of the eighth lens Radius of curvature of the side surface R ₁₆ : radius of curvature of the enlargement side surface of the ninth lens R ₁₇ : radius of curvature of the reduction side surface of the ninth lens

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