Design of a dual-f-number illumination system and its application to DMD™ projection displays

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 819-827

  Cheng, Chu Ming ^a   Chern, Jyh Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digital micromirror device DMD ; Dual f ; Illumination system; Optical collection efficiency; Optical design; Projection display

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; OPTICAL DESIGN; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; CONTRAST RATIOS; DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICES; DUAL F/#; HIGH BRIGHTNESSES; ILLUMINATION SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL; OPTICAL COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PROJECTIONS; OPTICAL THROUGHPUTS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROJECTION DISPLAY; PROJECTION DISPLAYS; SHAPED ILLUMINATIONS; TILT ANGLES;

OPTICAL PROJECTORS;

EID: 43649104148     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2358577     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. E H Stupp and M S Brennesholtz, Projection Display (John Wiley & Sons, U.K., 1999).
2. T Nakano and Y Tamagawa, "Design of a wide-angle fast optical system with anamorphic mirrors," International Optical Design Conference 2002, Proc SPIE 4832, 502-509 (2002).
3. C M Chang and H P D Shieh, "Design of illumination and projection optics for projectors with single digital micromirror device," Appl Opt 39(19), 3202-3208 (2000).
4. S Magarill, "Optical system for projection display," U.S. Patent #5,552,922 (12 April, 1993).
5. S Shikama, H Suzuki, and K Teramoto "Optical system of ultra-thin rear projector equipped with refractive-reflective projection optics," SID Symposium Digest Tech Papers 33, 1250-1253 (2002).
6. L J Hornbeck, "Digital light processing for high-brightness, high resolution applications," in Projection Display III, M H Wu, ed, Proc SPIE 3013, 27-40 (1997).
7. G H Moss, R G Fielding, M Kavanagh, and B R Critchley "A high-luminance large-screen projection system using the digital micromirror device (DMD)," SID Symposium Digest Tech Papers 27, 907-910 (1996).
8. D Dudley, W Duncan, and J Slaughter, "Emerging digital micromirror device (DMD) application," in MOEMS Display and Imaging Systems, Proc. SPIE 4985, 14-15 (2003).
9. M S Brennesholtz, "Light collection efficiency for light valve projection systems," in Projection Display II, M H Wu, ed, Proc SPIE 2065, 71-79 (1996).
10. W T Welford and R Winston, High Collection Nonimaging Optics (Academic Press, San Diego, 1989).
11. J W Harris and H Stocker, Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998).
12. M Laikin, Lens Design, (Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1990).
13. W J Smith, Modern Optical Engineering (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000).
14. S K Eckhardt, "Fixed-focus triplet projection lens for overhead projectors," U.S. Patent #5,596,455 (1997).
15. OSLO version 6 2, Lambda Research Corp., 25 porter road, Littleton, MA.
16. P J Janssen and J A Shimizu, "High contrast illumination system for video projector," U.S. Patent #5,442,414 (1994).
17. D S Dewald, D J Segler, and S M Penn, "Advances in contrast enhancement for DLP projection displays," J Soc Info Display 11, 177 (2003).
18. C M Cheng and Y-H Kang, "Illumination system and method for improving asymmetric projection," Taiwan Patent #90, 128,276 (2002).
19. C M Cheng and Y-H Kang, "Illumination system and method for improving asymmetric projection," U.S. Patent Pending (US2002/10/065714).
20. ASAP version 6 6, Breault Research Organization, Inc., 6400 East Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 857.15, USA.
21. Radiant Source™ models and Prosource,™ Radiant Imaging, Inc., 15321 Main St. NE, Suite 310, P.O. Box 5000, Duvall, WA 98019.