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Projection display system for reflective light valves

US6113239A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1998
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/3167
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A projection display system for reflective light valves includes a light source for generating a light beam having RGB light components, wherein the red light component is p-polarized and the green and blue light components are s-polarized; a reflector structure having plural polarizing beam splitter and dichroic filters therein, wherein each PBS and DF reflects a preselected light component and transmits a different preselected light component, and a LCD panel for generating a light-component-specific image associated with each light component; and a projection lens for projecting an image combined from the light-component-specific images from the LCDs; wherein a light-component-specific image passes through one and only one PBS and through one and only one DF between the LCD and the projection lens.

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