KR20110000455A - Laser beam shaper - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A laser beam shaper for improving productivity is provided to facilitate the adjustment of a laser beam into a desirable shape or size since the laser beam generates total reflection and is shaped in a uniform state. CONSTITUTION: A laser beam shaper comprises a shaper body, a condensing unit(30), a lens unit(50), and a light guide(70). The condensing unit is installed on one side of the shaper body. Laser light is incident to the condensing unit. The lens unit is installed on the other side of the shaper body. The lens unit adjusts the shape and size of an emitted laser beam. The light guide is embedded in the shaper body and between the condensing unit and the lens unit. The light guide improves the uniformity of the laser beam.

Description

Laser Beam Shaper

The present invention relates to a laser beam forming machine used in the field of laser processing, and more particularly, by applying a light guide to the laser beam forming machine to ensure that the laser beam is shaped as uniformly as possible while causing total reflection, and particularly the laser beam ( Can be easily adjusted to the desired shape or size to obtain an improved effect.

Laser processing field For example, in the process of solar cell of a solar installation, when removing a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), etc. using a laser of uniform illumination, or a semiconductor or In the manufacturing process of LCD and PDP, laser beam is used to process materials with uniform area and depth with desired laser power.

The use of such a laser beam offers several advantages of better machining uniformity (precision) and reduced machining time compared to other mechanical or chemical machining, and can produce products of better processing quality.

On the other hand, such a laser beam forming machine is known, and a conventional known device is mostly using a fly-eye lens for shaping the laser beam.

However, in the case of known laser beam formers using such fly-eye lenses, there are many problems in the uniformity or performance of laser beams formed according to single mode and multi-mode. there was.

In other words, the known laser beam forming machine using a fly-eye lens, the uniformity of the formed laser beam is different depending on the light source, and even though the use of expensive reds, its cost-effectiveness is low, in particular, the loss ratio of the laser beam is high. Was.

In addition, such a fly-eye lens has other problems due to its alignment or the limitation of the lens size that can be physically processed and produced.

Alternatively, other types of laser beam formers that do not use fly-eye lenses are known, but in this case, there are limitations such as forming only circular laser beams.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to apply a light guide to a laser beam forming machine so that the laser beam is shaped as uniformly as possible while causing total reflection, and in particular, the laser beam. An object of the present invention is to provide a laser beam forming machine which can be easily adjusted to a desired shape or size.

The present invention as a technical aspect for achieving the above object, the device body;

A condensing unit provided at one side of the device body and receiving laser light;

A lens unit provided on the other side of the device body to adjust the shape or size of the laser beam emitted; And,

A light guide interposed between the condensing unit and the lens unit and provided to improve uniformity of the laser beam;

It provides a laser beam forming machine comprising a.

Preferably, the lens unit is provided to be movable to the other side of the device body and includes a lens body in which at least one lens is embedded.

More preferably, the lens unit includes at least one cone lens, while the lens body is provided so as to be movable in multiple stages in a connection body detachably assembled to the device body, the cone lens and other lenses It may be configured to include a first and second lens body to be built.

In this case, the light guide embedded in the device body may be embedded as a fastening means while having a length inside the device body.

More preferably, it further comprises a laser shape adjusting means provided between the light guide and the lens unit provided to adjust the shape of the laser beam passing through the light guide.

According to the laser beam forming machine of the present invention, by applying a light guide (pipe) to the laser beam shaping to cause the laser beam to be shaped through the light guide in the most uniform state while causing total reflection, the laser beam is a desired shape or size Makes it easy to adjust.

Therefore, the laser beam forming machine of the present invention has a uniform area and depth as desired laser power in a processing field using a laser beam, for example, a solar cell processing, a semiconductor, LCD, PDP manufacturing process, or the like. It enables processing and increases its productivity and enables the production of higher quality products.

In addition, the known laser beam former has a high loss ratio, but the present invention is very low in the loss ratio of the incident laser (light), and enables the laser beam molding of a desired shape.

In addition, the present invention can be used in LED or other various lighting fields as needed, in which case it will provide uniform light (image) at low cost.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, this invention is demonstrated in detail according to drawing.

First, FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of a laser beam former 1 according to the present invention.

That is, as shown in Figure 1, the laser beam forming machine 1 of the present invention, the desired shape (shape (shape) of the incident laser light (L1) using the light guide (or "light pipe") 70 The laser beam L2 and the laser beam focusing part L to improve the efficiency when the laser beam focusing part L is used, and in particular, the uniformity of the laser beam L2 or the laser beam focusing part L is excellent. The change in distance and the design changes of the lenses will make it possible to provide laser beams of more uniform illumination.

In addition, in the laser beam former 1 of the present invention, the lens 32 (Condensing Lens) of the condensing part 30 on the incident side of the laser light L1 is damaged by the laser light on the light guide 70 on the downstream side thereof. The laser light L1 is focused to be uniformly transmitted while embodying total reflection inside the light guide 70 without causing damage.

On the other hand, the light guide 70 of the present invention, the incident laser light is emitted in the most uniform state while causing a total reflection, for this purpose, the light guide 70 is not generated chips or scratches on the corners or surfaces It is necessary to prevent it.

In addition, in the laser beam forming machine 1 of the present invention, the lens unit 70 disposed downstream of the light guide 70 is designed to have an appropriate size according to the laser beam forming conditions, and the laser beam which passes through the lens unit 50 ( The shape of L2) and the laser beam focusing portion L may be enlarged or reduced in a desired shape.

At this time, in the laser beam forming machine of the present invention, the distance (distance) between the light guide and the lens portion needs to be adjusted, and for this purpose, it is preferable to enable the movement of the lens unit 50 in the working distance.

Therefore, hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the laser beam forming machine of the present invention, which can be composed of the incidence portion, the light guide and the emission portion of the condensing lens, will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, Figure 2 shows in detail the overall configuration of an embodiment of the laser beam forming machine 1 of the present invention as described above.

For example, as shown in Figure 2, the laser beam former 1 of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention is largely provided on the device body 10, one side of the device body 10 and the laser light (L1) The condensing unit 30 briefly described above to be incident, the lens unit 50 briefly described above provided to adjust the shape or size of the laser beam L2 emitted and provided on the other side of the device body, and the condensing It can be configured as one of its constitutional embodiments, including a light guide 70 briefly described above, which is embedded between the part and the lens part in the device body and provided to improve the uniformity of the laser beam.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the laser light L1 emitted from the laser light generator (light source) (not shown) is focused and incident on the condensing part 30 disposed on one side of the device body 10. Afterwards, the laser light passes through the light guide 70 and through the total reflection to notify the lens unit 50 disposed on the other side (outgoing side) of the device body 10 in a very improved state. The laser beam L2 forms the laser beam focusing portion L of the molding machine of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the main components of the laser beam former 1 of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

First, as shown in Figure 2, in the molding machine of the present invention, the device body 10 may be provided in a circular or polygonal shape on the hollow hollow cross section, considering that the laser beam is usually high temperature resistant heat-resistant plastic It may be made of a synthetic resin molded body such as aluminum or stainless steel without corrosion.

On the other hand, the condensing unit 30 and the lens unit 50 is movably linked to one end and the other end of the device body 10, and in particular, the connection body for movably linking the lens unit 50 to the other end. 12 is connected, such a connection body 12 is connected to the device body in a removable form that is assembled and disassembled with screws (not shown), as shown in FIG.

For example, since the connecting body 12 is easily detached and attached to the device body 10, the lens body 50 can be easily replaced while the laser shape adjusting means 90 will be described later. ) Is also linked to the connecting body 12, thereby facilitating its replacement.

Next, as shown in Figure 2, the laser condensing unit 30 is connected to one end of the device body 10 of the present invention, the laser light (L1) incident from the laser light source (not shown) is focused ( And a condensing lens 32 that passes while condensing.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the condensing lens 32 may be embedded in the condensing body 34 that is movably assembled to the device body 30, and the condensing body 34 may be a device. It is fastened by the female and male screw portions (S) engaged with each other formed on the outer edge of one end of the 10, the condensing body 34, the adjustment ring portion that allows the user to easily operate while turning as shown in FIG. 34a is provided.

Thus, for example, when the user holds the device body 10 with one hand or turns the adjustment ring 34a of the condensing body 34 while the device body is fixed to a separate clamping means (not shown), the device body and The condensing body is moved back and forth in the fixed body by the female and male screw portions S formed in the condensing body.

As a result, the position of the condensing lens 32 embedded therein is adjusted in accordance with the movement of the condensing body 34, and thus the incident distance of the incident laser light L1 or the condensing lens 32 and the following will be described in detail. Incident-side spacing between the light guides 70 to be described is adjusted.

This will allow the laser beam to be uniformly implemented in a desired state while implementing the optimum laser light incident, while passing the laser light through the condensing lens.

The lens 32 of the condensing unit 30 may use a known collimating lens or the like.

Next, the lens unit 50 of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided to be movable to the connection body 12 that is detachably assembled to the other side of the device body 10, that is, the other side of the device body. And a lens body 52 in which one or more lenses are embedded.

The lens body 52 as described above, more specifically, the first lens body 54 and the second lens body 56 are provided to be movable in two stages to the connection body 12 of the device body 10. It can be configured as.

In addition, the first lens body 54 and the second lens body 56, the lens 50a (50b), respectively, a fixed jaw integral to the body not indicated by a separate reference, a fixed ring or other assembly One or more may be embedded as a spacer or the like.

Most preferably, at least one cone lens 50a of the lenses embedded in the first lens body 54 and the second lens body 56 is included. For example, the cone lens 50a may serve to improve uniformity while the laser beam L2 emitted from the light guide 70 passes first while being embedded in the first lens body 54.

Of course, the cone lens 50a may be built in one or more. The lenses 50b embedded in the second lens body 54 may be configured by a known lens combination group such as concave or convex lenses used in a conventional laser beam forming machine or a lighting device.

On the other hand, such a lens or other lenses serve to adjust the shape and size of the laser beam focusing portion (L) finally emitted while maintaining uniformity while passing through the light guide.

In this case, the first lens body 54 and the second lens body 56 of the lens body 52 in which the respective lenses are built are movably assembled to the connection body 12 of the device body 10, respectively. This is desirable because it is necessary for the spacing between the light guide and the cone lens 50a and the spacing between the lenses 50a and 50b and for the size adjustments of the emitted laser beam.

However, the mobile assembly of the first and second lens bodies may have various forms, but the embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 2.

That is, as shown in Figure 2, the first lens body 54 is screw portion (S) formed so as to be in close contact with each other on one end of the connection body 12 that is detachably assembled to the device body 10 (example For example, one end of the first adjustment ring 58 assembled to one end of the connecting body 12 via the female and male screw parts may be formed on the outer edge of the connecting body and the inner edge of the first lens body, respectively). Linked to

At this time, the first guide 58b, which is integrated or screwed to one end of the first adjustment ring 580, is assembled to be supported by the first rail groove 54a formed at the front side of the first lens body 54. do.

On the other hand, as described above, when the device body, the connecting body and the lens body is formed of stainless steel or aluminum in consideration of the temperature of the laser beam, the guide 58b is separated and assembled with a separate screw, and the heat resistance having elasticity When formed of plastic or the like, it may be integrated and assembled by a force fitting method.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, when the adjusting ring part 58a formed on the outer edge of the first adjusting ring 58 is rotated, the first adjusting ring 58 moves forward or backward on the fixed connection body 12 according to the rotational direction thereof. Therefore, as the first guide 58b of the first adjustment ring is integrally rotated in the first rail groove 54a, the first lens body is moved forward or backward by the moving width of the first adjustment ring.

Next, similarly, a second guide assembled to the second rail groove 54b of the first lens body 54 at one end of the second lens body 56 seated and supported on the first lens body 54 ( The second adjusting ring 60 having the 60b) is fastened and assembled with the female and male screw parts S engaged with each other in close contact with each other.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, when the adjusting ring part 60a formed on the outer edge of the second adjusting ring 60 is turned, the second adjusting ring 60 is moved from the first lens body 54 to the second guide ring according to the rotation direction thereof. The second lens body 56 which is screwed while rotating in the second rail groove is moved on the first lens body 54.

As a result, when the first lens body 54 is moved by the operation of the first adjustment ring, the second lens body 56 is moved integrally therewith, and when the second adjustment ring is operated, only the second lens body can be finely adjusted. Will be.

Accordingly, the laser beam former 1 of the present invention enables the position adjustment of the lenses 50a and 50b of the lens unit 50 as a result.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the lens bodies can be moved through the linkage between the first and second adjustment rings and the first and second lens bodies. However, although not illustrated in a separate drawing, as shown in FIG. Even when screwing and assembling the first adjusting ring to the outer edge of the connecting body 12 and screwing and assembling the second adjusting ring again to the outer edge of the first adjusting ring, the second adjusting ring is moved when the first adjusting ring is moved. It may be possible to move the body integrally, and to allow the second adjustment ring to move again, and to have the lenses 50a and 50b respectively embedded therein.

However, the first and second lens bodies and the first and second adjustment ring linkage structures in the present embodiment as shown in FIG. It will be the most desirable since it will be higher.

Next, FIGS. 2 to 5 show a light guide 70 embedded in the device body 10 to increase the uniformity of the laser beam in the laser beam former 1 of the present invention.

On the other hand, the light guide 70 of the present invention, as shown in Figure 3 and 4, having a predetermined length inside the device body 10 can be embedded through the fastening means 72 as a medium. have.

At this time, as shown in Figure 3 and 4, the fastening means 72 of the present invention, the metal or synthetic resin tube body 74 is fixed to the inside of the device body 10, and the inside of the tube body A light guide fixture 76 (see FIG. 3) into which the light guide 70 is inserted and fixed while being divided and assembled to the fixture, or a fixture 76 (see FIG. 4) fastened to the tube body to fix the light guide. It can be configured to include.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, the pair of stationary bodies 76a in which the grooves 76b are formed corresponding to the light guides 70 concave therein cooperate with each other to cooperate with the light guides 70. ) And the fixtures may be combined and inserted into the tube body 74.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 1, the cover 14 to which the fixing screw 14a is fastened may be fixed to the center of the device body 10, and the fixing screw 14a fixes the tube body 74. .

In addition, such a tube body 74 may be provided as a synthetic resin molded body such as a metal body of aluminum or heat resistant Teflon in consideration of the temperature of the laser beam.

At this time, the pair of the fixed body (76a) is formed in the outer periphery in a circular shape to be inserted into the tube is in close contact with each other may have a pipe shape as shown in Figure 3a, b.

Of course, as shown in FIG. 5, the light guide fixing groove 76b provided in the body 76a of the fixing body 76 may be formed to correspond to the shape of the light guide.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3C, the length of the tube body 74 assembled inside the tube body 74 is preferably as short as 'D' so that the laser light incident side of the light guide 70 protrudes.

This is to prevent light loss in which the laser light is dispersed by the tube body 74 when the laser light L1 is incident to the light guide 70 through the lens 32 of the condensing part 30. Alternatively, the tube body 74 may be prevented from being damaged by the dispersion of the laser light incident on the light guide 70.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, a hole is formed in the tube body 74, and the fastening screw 78a is fastened to a fastening screw 78a in which a heat-resistant synthetic resin 78b such as Teflon is integrated at the bottom thereof. It is also possible for the synthetic resin body 78b at the screw end to fix the light guide 70.

In this case, there is no need for a separate fixture 74 as shown in FIG. 3 to simplify the structure.

On the other hand, the light guide 70 may be made of quartz (quartz) or the like, it is preferable that such a light guide 70 is processed so that the surface treatment is precisely processed so that scratches, chips, chipping, and the like.

That is, when the laser light focused through the condensing lens 32 passes through total reflection, the formation of scratches or chips in the light guide will result in light loss, which will reduce the laser beam forming efficiency of the device.

5 shows various forms of the light guide 70 provided in the laser beam forming machine 1 of the present invention.

That is, as shown in Figures 5a to 5e, the light guide of the present invention has a cross-sectional rectangular shape (70a), strip (bar) (70b), square shape (70c), cylindrical shape (70d) or polygonal shape ( 70e) and the like.

For example, various shapes 70a-70e of the light guide 70 may be adjusted in consideration of the power or wavelength of the laser light (beam) used or the shape or size of the laser beam focusing portion (L in FIGS. 1 and 2). Just do it.

At this time, although shown in an enlarged view, when the light guide 70 is a square shape, for example, as shown in Figure 5c, it is also possible to produce and use the size of 1 mm × 1 mm or less. Therefore, the device can be miniaturized.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 7, the laser beam forming machine 1 of the present invention is disposed between the light guide 70 and the lens unit 50 described above to provide the light guide 70. It may further comprise a laser shape adjusting means 90 provided to adjust the shape of the laser light passing through.

That is, the laser shape adjusting means 90 of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, is not shown with a separate reference numeral to the connecting body 12 that is assembled to the device body 10 to be disassembled. It can be embedded vertically through the step and the fixing ring.

For example, the laser shape adjusting means 90 of the present invention includes a slit-type adjusting means 92 having a slit 92a as shown in FIG. 7A and a mask-type adjusting means 94 having a cross-shaped mask 94a. Or a stop type adjusting means 96 having a circular stop portion 96a formed thereon.

Therefore, in the laser beam former 1 of the present invention, the laser light emitted from the light guide 70 passes through a mask or circular stop portion of the slit or cross (or other shape) of the adjusting means. The corresponding laser beam focusing portion (L in FIGS. 1 and 2) is shaped.

As a result, the laser beam former of the present invention focuses on the laser beam finally formed through the lenses 50a and 50b including the condensing lens 32 and the light guide 70 and the at least one cone lens 50a. The size or shape of the portion (L) is adjusted, it can be easily further adjusted to the desired shape through the provided adjustment means.

At this time, the laser shape adjustment means 90 of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, one end is assembled to the inside of the device body 10, it is preferable to be embedded in the connection body 12 is fixed with a screw or the like not shown. Do.

For example, since the connecting body 12 can be easily disassembled and assembled in the device body 10, it facilitates the replacement of various types of laser shape adjusting means of FIGS. 7A to 7C.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments so far, it will be appreciated that the invention can be varied and modified without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art can easily know.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing the main components of the laser beam forming machine according to the present invention

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention laser beam forming machine

Figure 3 shows an example of the light guide of the laser beam forming machine of the present invention,

(a) is an exploded perspective view

(b) is a front view showing the assembled state

(c) is a side view of FIG. 3b

Figure 4 shows another example of the light guide of the laser beam forming machine of the present invention,

(a) is an exploded perspective view

(b) is a front view showing the assembled state

5a to 5e are partial perspective views showing various forms of the light guide according to the invention

Figure 6 shows the various forms of the laser shape adjusting means installed in the laser beam forming machine of the present invention,

(a) Configuration diagram showing the slit shape

(b) is a block diagram showing the shape of the mask

(c) is a block diagram showing a stop form

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1 .... laser beam forming machine 10 .... appliance body

12 .... One end of the body body 30 .... Condensing part

32 .. Condensing Lens 34 .... Condensing Body

50 .... Lens 50a, 50b .... Lens

52 .... Lens Body 54 .... First Lens Body

56 .... Second Lens Body 70 .... Light Guide

72 .... Fastening means 74 .... Tube body

76 .... Light Guide Fixture 78 .... Light Guide Fixture

90 .... Laser shape adjustment means

Claims (10)

Device body 10; A condensing part 30 provided at one side of the device body 10 and receiving laser light; A lens unit 50 provided on the other side of the device body to adjust the shape or size of the laser beam emitted; And, A light guide 70 embedded in the device body between the condensing unit and the lens unit and provided to improve uniformity of the laser beam; Laser beam forming machine configured to include. The method of claim 1, The laser condensing unit 30 includes a condensing body 34 movably assembled on one side of the device body 30, and a condensing lens 32 embedded in the condensing body 34 to focus laser light. Laser beam forming machine comprising a. The method of claim 1, The lens unit (50), the laser beam forming machine, characterized in that it comprises a lens body (52) which is provided to be movable to the other side of the device body (10) and one or more lenses are embedded. The method of claim 3, The lens unit 50 includes at least one cone lens 50a, The lens body 52 is provided to be movable in multiple stages to the connection body 12 that is detachably assembled to the device body 10, the first and second lens body 54 in which the cone lens and other lenses are embedded. Laser beam forming machine comprising a) (56). The method of claim 4, wherein The first lens body 54 is connected to one end of the first adjustment ring 58 screw-assembled to the connecting body 12, the second adjustment ring provided on the upper side of the first lens body 54 ( 60) and the second lens body (56) is screw assembled so that the first and second lens body parts are provided to be movable when the adjustment ring is rotated. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The light guide (70) embedded in the device body (10), the laser beam forming machine, characterized in that the built in the fastening means (72) having a length inside the device body (10). The method of claim 6, The fastening means 72, the tube body 74 of metal or synthetic resin is fixed to the inside of the device body; And, Any one of a light guide fixture 76 which is assembled inside the tube body and fixes the light guide 70 and a fixture 76 which is fastened to the tube body to fix the light guide; Laser beam forming machine comprising a. The method of claim 6, And the light guide has a length and is formed in one of a rectangular shape (70a), a strip shape (70b), a square shape (70c), a circular shape (70d) and a polygonal shape (70e) in cross section. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, And a laser shape adjusting means (90) provided between the light guide (70) and the lens unit (50) to adjust the shape of the laser beam passing through the light guide. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the laser shape adjusting means (90) comprises a slit type adjusting means (92) and a mask type adjusting means (94) embedded in a connecting body (12) detachably assembled to the device body (10). And a stop type adjusting means (96).

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