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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Gerardus Johannes Josephus Vanlier, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Hendrik Smits, Eindhoven, NL;
Serge Joel Armand Bierhuizen, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A projection system is provided with a square-wave current light source and a color wheel with differently colored segments. The lifetime of the light source is long since the square-wave current constantly changes polarity a constant power is supplied to the light source and, before changing polarity, a current pulse is each time provided, driving the square-wave current to a predetermined strength which is larger than the current strength in between the current pulses. In the course of time, the amount of power in the current pulses increases relative to the amount of power in the current in between the current pulses. By controlling the timing of occurrence of the current pulses to constantly coincide in time and, on average, an equal number of times with all colors of the color wheel, the position of the white color point is independent of the period of time of use of the light source.