• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.94-97
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• 2002

Micromolding methods are most suitable for mass production of plastic microlens and lens array with low cost. Among the procedures related with micromolding of microlens array, fabrication of mold insect which contains micro cavity of lens shape is the most important stage. In this study, nickel mold inserts for 45 $\mu\textrm{m}$ and 95 $\mu\textrm{m}$ diameters lens way were fabricated using electroforming process. The mother for metal mold inset was made using reflow method. A micro compression molding with polymer powders was used to test the qualities of the metal mold insets. Micro lens profile and surface roughness was measured by interferometric technique and AFM, respectively. The final molded lens replicated the mother well, and had good surface quality.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1242-1245
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• 2001

Plastic microlenses play an important role in reducing the size, weight, and the cost of the systems in the fields of optical data storage and optical communication. In the present study, plastic microlens arrays were fabricated using micro-compression molding process. The design and fabrication procedures for mold insert were simplified by using silicon instead of metal. A simple but effective micro compression molding process, which uses polymer powder, were developed for microlens fabrication. The governing process parameters were temperature and pressure histories and the micromolding process was controlled such that the various defects developing during molding process were minimized. The radius and magnification ratio of the fabricated microlens were 125$\mu\textrm{m}$ and over 3.0, respectively.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 하계학술대회 논문집 G
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• pp.3316-3318
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• 1999

PMMA(poly-methyl methacrylate) microlens array is fabricated using transparent acrylic resin. PMMA is commonly used material for plastic lens due to its excellent visibility larger than 90% and other optical characteristics so much close to those of glass. Orthodontic resin (DENTSPLY International Inc.), commonly used in dentistry, is an transparent acrylic resin kit including MMA liquid and polymerization powder. Their mixture results in PMMA through polymerization. Using the resin PMMA layer is formed on the substrate through spin-coating. Designed pattern of lens structure is transferred to PMMA layer by RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) with oxygen plasma. Final lens shape is formed by thermal treatment that causes PMMA to reflow, The thickness of PMMA spun on the substrate is $17{\mu}m$ that is also final sag of microlens, Designed diameters of the microlenses are $200{\mu}m$, $300{\mu}m$,and $500{\mu}m$, respectively.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.499-500
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• 2012

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 유기 발광 다이오드(OLED)의 광추출 향상을 위한 롤투롤 마이크로컨택(mCP)방식으로 인쇄된 마이크로렌즈 어레이(MLA)를 제시하였다. 상업적으로 사용되는 마이크로렌즈 어레이를 템플레이트로 사용하여서 polydimethylpolysiloxane(PDMS)를 롤스탬프로 제작하였다. 낮은 끓는 점을 가지는 불소화 잉크로부터 PDMS 롤스탬프에 고분자 박막을 형성하고 이를 OLED의 하부면에 고압·고온 처리 없이 인쇄하였다. 최적화된 농도를 찾아서 템플레이트로 사용된 MLA와 거의 동일한 모양의 패턴을 성공적으로 인쇄하였다. 마이크로컨택 방식으로 인쇄된 MLA의 구조와 소재의 낮은 흡수도로 인해서 OLED의 외부양자효율이 18% 향상되었다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.340-344
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• 2005

화염가수분해 증착법(FHD : Flame Hydrolysis Deposition)으로 제작된 Ge이 첨가된 BPSG(Boro-Phospho-Silicate-Glass)막의 표면을 절단톱(dicing saw)을 이용하여 일정한 깊이로 절단함으로써 각 단위 마이크로렌즈 셀들을 형성시켰다. 또한 절단된 각 단위 마이크로렌즈 셀들을 가열용융(thermal reflow) 방법을 이용하여 $1200^{\circ}C$에서 가열용응시킴으로써 직경이 $53.4{\mu}m$인 마이크로렌즈 어레이를 제작할수 있었다. 이 때 렌즈간 간격은 $70{\mu}m,$ 렌즈 두께는 약 $28.4{\mu}m$이었다. 제작된 마이크로렌즈 어레이의 형상을 이미지-프로세스로 분석하였으며. 초점거리는 $62.2{\mu}m$이었다. 본 제작방법은 일반적인 사진식각 공정을 이용한 마이크로렌즈 제작보다 간단하면서도 저렴한 비용으로 제작이 가능하다. 또한 곡률반경의 조절이 용이하고, 보다 정밀하며 다양한 마이크로렌즈 어레이를 구현할 수 있다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.472-477
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• 2011

This paper shows the method of fabrication of a micro lens array comprised of a Nipkow disk used in a large-area, high-speed confocal microscopy. A Nipkow disk has two components, a micro lens array disk and a pinhole array disk. The microlens array focuses illumination light onto the pinhole array disk and redirects reflected light from a surface to a sensor. The micro lens which are positioned in order on a disk have a hemispheric shape with a few tens of micron in diameter, and can be fabricated by a variety of methods like mechanical machining, semiconductor process, replication process like imprinting process. This paper shows how to fabricate the micro lens array which has a long focal length by reflow and imprinting process.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2014

We present design and fabrication of a multi-focusing microlens array (MLA) using a thermal reflow method. To obtain multi-focusing properties with different numerical apertures at the elemental lens of the MLA, double-cylinder photoresist (PR) structures with different diameters were made within the guiding pattern with both photolithographic and partial developing processes. Due to the base PR layer supporting the thermal reflow process and the guiding structure, the thermally reflowed PR structure had different radii of curvatures with lens shapes that could be precisely modeled by the initial volume of the double-cylinder PR structures. Using the PR template, the hexagonally packed multi-focusing MLA was made via the replica molding method, which showed four different focal lengths of 0.9 mm, 1.1 mm, 1.6 mm, and 2.5 mm, and four different numerical apertures of 0.1799, 0.2783, 0.3973, and 0.4775.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2021

Using a multi-array needle module developed for coating of high-density cylindrical microlens array (C-MLA), we have fabricated an anti-Moiré filter for LED screens. The Moiré phenomenon appears due to the interference between the array pattern of image sensors in a camera and the non-emission area (grid pattern) of a LED screen. To suppress it, we have employed poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and coated it on a glass substrate in the form of a grid and non-grid (parallel lines). We have rotated the needle module in order to increase the number of C-MLAs. With this scheme, we have fabricated the 150 mm × 150 mm anti-Moiré filters where 836 microlens lines are formed. They show the average width of 255.4 ㎛, the average distance between CMLs of 94.6 ㎛, and C-MLA width non-uniformity of 4.7%. We have shown that the Moiré patterns still appear in the presence of the parallel (non-grid)-type filter, whereas they disappeared completely by the grid-type filter. It is due to the fact that the Moiré patterns are diffused more effectively by the grid-type C-MLA.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.538-545
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• 2014

Microlens array (MLA) films have been used as brightness-enhancement components in many illumination systems, such as a backlight, which should meet the industrial needs of low cost and high brightness performance. A hexagonally-arranged MLA (HA-MLA) was chosen due to its high filling factor, which was a prerequisite for achieving high brightness-enhancement capability. The moir$\acute{e}$ fringes produced in a film stack composed of two HA-MLA were investigated, under four different lens configurations, by optical simulation. It was found that randomizing the lens configuration, while keeping the filling factor high, was effective way to develop high-gain MLA films for backlight applications.