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Projection display apparatus and spatial light modulation device applied to the same

US5949569A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 1997
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1393
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A projection display apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulation device, a condenser lens, an aperture stop, and a projecting lens. When the spatial period of complex amplitude modulation in the spatial light modulation device is represented by p, the center wavelength of the incident light is represented by .lambda., and a half angle subtended by an area around an opening edge of the aperture stop at the condenser lens along the first direction is represented by .theta.asx, parameters of the light source, the spatial light modulation device, the condenser lens, the screen, the aperture stop and the projecting lens and a relative positional relationship therebetween are defined such that the following condition is satisfied: EQU 0.35<.theta.asx/arcsin(.lambda./p)<0.6.

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