Abstract:Virtually all projectors sold for professional or consumer applications use HID lamps as a light source. The most common lamps are ultra‐high pressure mercury lamps for most applications and xenon lamps for high‐end applications. New light sources including lasers, LEDs and microwave‐powered electrodeless lamps are challenging the dominance of HID lamps. This paper highlights the advantages and limitations of projection light sources, including example applications.
“…The obtained results are summarized in Table 2. For an LCoS projector using a high-brightness LED lamp, the panel temperature is about 35°C due to thermal effect [16,17]. Therefore, all the data listed here are intended for 35°C operation.…”
Section: Materials Characterizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, all the data listed here are intended for 35°C operation. On the other hand, for an LCoS data projector using a high power arc lamp, the chassis temperature would be about 50°C~55°C [16,18]. Here, we focus on the LCoS display using an LED lamp for wearable AR displays.…”
We report a new nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixture with an ultra-low rotational viscosity (γ 1 = 53.4 mPas @ 35°C), relatively high birefringence (Δn ≈0.15), and moderate dielectric anisotropy (Δε = −2.80 @ 35°C). When employed in a liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) projector with RGB light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a sub-millisecond response time is obtained without the need for complicated overdrive circuitry. Such a fast response time enables field sequential color display, which not only triples the optical efficiency and resolution density, but also greatly suppresses the image blur and color breakup. Moreover, the required cell gap is 1.2 µm, which is still manageable for high-yield manufacturing. We believe this mixture would find widespread applications for the emerging augmented reality displays.
“…The obtained results are summarized in Table 2. For an LCoS projector using a high-brightness LED lamp, the panel temperature is about 35°C due to thermal effect [16,17]. Therefore, all the data listed here are intended for 35°C operation.…”
Section: Materials Characterizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, all the data listed here are intended for 35°C operation. On the other hand, for an LCoS data projector using a high power arc lamp, the chassis temperature would be about 50°C~55°C [16,18]. Here, we focus on the LCoS display using an LED lamp for wearable AR displays.…”
We report a new nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixture with an ultra-low rotational viscosity (γ 1 = 53.4 mPas @ 35°C), relatively high birefringence (Δn ≈0.15), and moderate dielectric anisotropy (Δε = −2.80 @ 35°C). When employed in a liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) projector with RGB light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a sub-millisecond response time is obtained without the need for complicated overdrive circuitry. Such a fast response time enables field sequential color display, which not only triples the optical efficiency and resolution density, but also greatly suppresses the image blur and color breakup. Moreover, the required cell gap is 1.2 µm, which is still manageable for high-yield manufacturing. We believe this mixture would find widespread applications for the emerging augmented reality displays.
“…Most projection systems use high intensity discharge lamps (HID) [1] to provide illumination for the images. Virtually all mainstream projectors today use HID lamps with either xenon or mercury fill.…”
Section: Solid-state Illumination For Projection Systemsmentioning
Red, green and blue lasers and LEDs are used increasingly as the light source for projection and other display systems. The choice of the correct red, green and blue wavelengths affects many properties of the projector, especially the power consumption and the colorimetry. This paper gives criteria for choosing the correct wavelengths based on both power and colorimetry considerations.
/ M. Brennesholtz
• SID 2012 DIGESTISSN 0097-966X/12/4302-0834-$1.00
“…Electronic projection displays have dated back to at least 1903 [1] and non-electronic projection pre-dates that by centuries. Projection systems have always used state-of-the-art light sources to make the brightest possible image on the screen [2]. In the 19 th century, that meant oil lamps.…”
Solid-state light sources have multiple advantages over lamps for projection applications. Multiple solid-state technologies are used, including RGB LED, RGB laser, laser/LED hybrid or laser-phosphor light sources.This paper explores the advantages, disadvantages and future prospects of these lamp and solid-state light source technologies in projection applications.
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