This new product is the perfect fit for low footprint camera modules, especially suitable for the current trend of slim camera phones. It provides a fast track to market for OEMs and ODMs looking for an easy to integrate, high performance auto focus solution.

Taking full advantage of the ARCTIC 416 features, such as its inherent accuracy and un-matched response time, much simpler auto focus strategies can be applied to obtain sharp, crisp focus in time never reached before, well under 500 ms.

Since its launch in January 2006, the ARCTIC 320 has been designed in many applications,
and is especially suitable for environments, such as:

- Communications: web cams, video conferencing, and integrated PC/laptop cameras
- Healthcare: medical and dental imaging
- Industry: barcode imagers and industrial endoscopes
- Security: indoor video surveillance and biometry
- Entertainment: digital still cameras, camcorders and gaming applications.

The AFL872 combines Varioptic’s Arctic 320 liquid lens with Sunex DSL 872 fixed optics to
deliver a ready-to-go autofocus lens module which simply screws into any M8x0,35 lens
mount. It is designed for sensors up to 1/3” format and up to 3 Megapixel resolution.
This document provides further information pertaining to Sunex DSL 872 fixed optics
module.

To respond to the growing market demand for small, reliable and inexpensive autofocus solutions, the AFCM MI 285 camera module is the first 2 Megapixel,1/4” product that integrates Varioptic’s leading edge auto focus solution.

The DrivIC 60 Series provides developers and integrators with a set of driver solutions for the ARCTIC Series of variable focus lenses.

The DrivIC 60 LL3 solution is based on a step-up converter from Durel (www.durel.com), which is tuneable through an adjustable pin. Its H-bridge output can drive Varioptic’s ARCTIC liquid lenses by supplying up to 60VRMS into a capacitive load of 500pF maximum. The DrivIC 60 LL3 uses an external inductor and capacitor as part of the boost power supply. It can be shut down to conserve power in battery operation.

Varioptic's liquid lens technology is a breakthough in the possibilities for designing small aperture lens systems allowing variable focus with absolutely no moving parts.

Varioptic's Developer Kits aim at supporting from evaluation to design cycle, all the way through ramp to volume production.

All of Varioptic's main products (liquid lenses, liquid lens modules, drivers and camera modules) are now available for orders of up to 100,000 pieces per month. Varioptic is fully ISO9001 certified, and its stringent quality control and evaluation tests meet the exacting requierement of the mobile phone industry.

If our current range does not fit your exact requirements, we welcome the development of custom lens.

We suggest that you first evaluate our technology (through our Developer Kits) to confirm you can achieve the solution you want using liquid lenses, then we can agree a detailed specification and development cost and plan. For custom designs based on the Arctic product range, a typical development would take 6 months to be ready for production.