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LED illuminated waveguide projector display

US11747538B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 2020
Grant dateSep 5, 2023
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0172
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a projection display (200), and a method for illuminating a projection display (200). The projection display (200) comprising a waveguide (2) comprising an input grating (4) having a plurality of linear diffractive features (6), the input grating (4) configured to couple in light into the waveguide (2), and an array of LEDs configured to form an illumination pupil which is optically relayed as an input pupil (8) onto the input grating (4), such that at the input grating (4) the input pupil (8) has a shape that is larger in a direction parallel to the linear diffractive features (6) than in a direction perpendicular to the linear diffractive features (6).

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