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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Patrick R. Destain, Allen, TX (US);
Steven E. Smith, Coppell, TX (US);
Inventors:
Patrick R. Destain, Allen, TX (US);
Steven E. Smith, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/60 (2006.01); G03B 21/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments of a rear-projection screen, a method of rear-projection collimation and a projection video display (PVD) system. In one embodiment, a rear-projection screen includes: (1) a total-internal-reflection (TIR) fresnel lens configured to aim light received at an incidence angle toward a central axis of the TIR fresnel lens at a convergence angle and (2) a refractive fresnel lens configured to refract the light received from the TIR fresnel lens and at least to reduce the convergence angle.