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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Chih-Kung Lee, Taipei, TW;
Chyan-Chyi Wu, Yong Shun, Da Du, Taichun, TW;
Ching-Heng Tang, Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
A light beam polarization converter for converting non-polarized light beams of an illumination source into a single polarization state, which may be utilized in various electro-optical devices, such as liquid crystal projection type televisions. A polarization splitter film and a phase retardation film are utilized to make the incident light beams of a light source focused and refracted with an under plate. The light beam, upon passing through the under plate, goes through a series of optical processes of polarization splitting, reflection, total reflection and phase retardation, and subsequently becomes a light beam of a single polarization state output.