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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

May. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Lumileds Llc, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Frederic Stephane Diana, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0038 (2013.01); G02B 6/0056 (2013.01); G02B 6/0083 (2013.01); G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02F 1/13362 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a projection display system, a light-emitting diode (LED) can generate unpolarized light. A light guide can receive the unpolarized light from a perimeter of the light guide and guide the unpolarized light between a light emission surface and an opposing surface as guided light. The light guide can include a plurality of light-extraction features that can direct a portion of the guided light out of the light guide through the light emission surface as unpolarized emitted light. A polarizing film can reflect at least some of a first polarization state of the unpolarized emitted light into the light guide through the light emission surface and can transmit at least some of a second polarization state of the unpolarized emitted light through the polarizing film to form a polarized light beam. An angular reduction film can reduce a range of propagation angles of the polarized light beam.


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