Patent Document ID: 6124974
Application ID: 09276896
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. In a method of manufacturing a microlenslet array of the type having a plurality of lenslets formed within a optical substrate having a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a normal vector that is substantially perpendicular to each surface, the improvement comprising the steps of forming a first lenslet array within the first surface, forming a second lenslet array within the second surface, forming a plurality of lenslet channels between the lenslet arrays wherein each channel includes one lenslet from each of the arrays, the lenslet channels between at least two adjacent arrays having a channel axis vector relative to the normal vector such that the cross product between the channel axis vector and the optical axis vector is greater for lenslet channels further away from a line extending along a center of the substrate and parallel to the normal vector.