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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond Gordon Fielding, Oldham, GB;
Martin Kavanagh, Oldham, GB;
Graham Harry Moss, Chadderton, GB;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/100 ; G02F 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/100 ; G02F 1/00 ;
Abstract
A projection device includes one or more deformable mirror arrays ( ) arranged to spatially modulate incident light. A totally internally reflecting surface ( ) is arranged to direct light to and from the deformable mirror array ( ). The device may include one or more dichroic layers ( ) arranged such that the light incident on each dichroic layer ( ) is substantially normal incidence to the layer.