CPC G02B 21/08 (2013.01) [G02B 21/084 (2013.01); G02B 7/008 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. An illumination unit for microscopes, comprising:
a molded interconnected device (MID) structure for freely spatially arranging different electronic and optical components, wherein the MID structure has a closed, ring-shaped main body with a ring-shaped free beam aperture and is in contact with an interior side surface of a housing of a microscope objective at a location between different lenses of the microscope objective,
wherein columns are arranged on the ring-shaped main body, wherein a plurality of light emitters are arranged on free ends of the columns and are contacted via conductor tracks provided on a surface of the MID structure, and
wherein a plug for supplying power and a circuit configured to control the plurality of light emitters are provided on the ring-shaped main body of the MID structure.
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