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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Atsushi Sekine, Kusakabe, JP;
Tetsuo Hattori, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Projection displays are disclosed that reduce the loss of image contrast due to angle-of-incidence and color dependencies of liquid crystal display panels, polarizing beamsplitters, and dichroic reflectors. The projection displays comprise an illumination source that provides a light flux that made uniform by an integrator. A color separation system then divides the light flux into red, green, and blue color components. The color-components are directed through field lenses to polarizing beamsplitters and then to liquid crystal light valves. The color components are reflected by the light valves back through the polarizing beamsplitters to a projection lens that forms an image. The projection lens is preferably telecentric. Field lenses are provided that direct substantially collimated color components to the liquid crystal light valves.