IP Library Granted Patent US 9,888,220
Granted Patent B2
US 9,888,220 · App. 15/098,181 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Light source device, projection-type display device, and light generation method

Inventor: Shinichiro Chikahisa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
H04N9/3158H04N9/3161H04N9/3164
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Patent No.
US 9,888,220
App. No.
15/098,181
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device capable of improve energy efficiency is provided. A light source device includes a yellow phosphor that emits yellow fluorescence excited by exciting light, a red laser light source that emits red laser light, a first light combining unit that generates first composite light by combining the emitted yellow fluorescence with the emitted red laser light, a blue laser light source that emits blue laser light, and a second light combining unit that generates second composite light by combining the combined first composite light with the emitted blue laser light.

Claims (48)

1. A light source device comprising:

a yellow phosphor that emits yellow fluorescence excited by exciting light;

an exciting laser light source that emits blue exciting laser light as the exciting light;

a red laser light source that emits red laser light;

a first light combining unit that generates first composite light by combining the emitted yellow fluorescence with the emitted red laser light;

a blue laser light source that emits blue laser light;

a second light combining unit that generates second composite light by combining the combined first composite light with the emitted blue laser light; and

a filter that filters out light having a predetermined wavelength from the combined second composite light,

wherein the first light combining unit emits the emitted exciting laser light to the yellow phosphor and combines yellow fluorescence emitted in the yellow phosphor by the emitted exciting laser light with the red laser light, and

wherein the first light combining unit comprises:

a first dichromic mirror that reflects the emitted red laser light in a combining direction and lets the yellow fluorescence emitted from the yellow phosphor in the combining direction pass therethrough; and

a second dichromic mirror that reflects the emitted exciting laser light toward the yellow phosphor and lets the red laser light and the yellow fluorescence from the first dichromic mirror pass therethrough in the combining direction.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter corrects the second composite light to a color specified for a digital cinema.

3. A light source device comprising:

a yellow phosphor that emits yellow fluorescence excited by exciting light;

an exciting laser light source that emits blue exciting laser light as the exciting light;

a red laser light source that emits red laser light;

a first light combining unit that generates first composite light by combining the emitted yellow fluorescence with the emitted red laser light;

a blue laser light source that emits blue laser light;

a second light combining unit that generates second composite light by combining the combined first composite light with the emitted blue laser light; and

a filter that filters out light having a predetermined wavelength from the combined second composite light,

wherein the first light combining unit emits the emitted exciting laser light to the yellow phosphor and combines yellow fluorescence emitted in the yellow phosphor by the emitted exciting laser light with the red laser light, and

wherein the first light combining unit comprises a trichroic mirror that reflects the emitted exciting laser light toward the yellow phosphor, reflects the emitted red laser light in a combining direction, and lets the yellow fluorescence emitted from the yellow phosphor in the combining direction pass therethrough.

4. The light source device according to claim 3 , wherein the filter corrects the second composite light to a color specified for a digital cinema.

5. A projection-type display device comprising:

a yellow phosphor that emits yellow fluorescence excited by exciting light;

an exciting laser light source that emits blue exciting laser light as the exciting light;

a red laser light source that emits red laser light;

a first light combining unit that generates first composite light by combining the emitted yellow fluorescence with the emitted red laser light;

a blue laser light source that emits blue laser light;

a second light combining unit that generates second composite light by combining the combined first composite light with the emitted blue laser light;

a filter that filters out light having a predetermined wavelength from the combined second composite light; and

a projection unit that projects image light based on light that has passed through the filter,

wherein the first light combining unit emits the emitted exciting laser light to the yellow phosphor and combines yellow fluorescence emitted in the yellow phosphor by the emitted exciting laser light with the red laser light, and

wherein the first light combining unit comprises:

a first dichromic mirror that reflects the emitted red laser light in a combining direction and lets the yellow fluorescence emitted from the yellow phosphor in the combining direction pass therethrough; and

a second dichromic mirror that reflects the emitted exciting laser light toward the yellow phosphor and lets the laser light and the yellow fluorescence from the first dichromic mirror pass therethrough in the combining direction.

6. A projection-type display device comprising:

a yellow phosphor that emits yellow fluorescence excited by exciting light;

an exciting laser light source that emits blue exciting laser light as the exciting light;

a red laser light source that emits red laser light;

a first light combining unit that generates first composite light by combining the emitted yellow fluorescence with the emitted red laser light;

a blue laser light source that emits blue laser light;

a second light combining unit that generates second composite light by combining the combined first composite light with the emitted blue laser light;

a filter that filters out light having a predetermined wavelength from the combined second composite light; and

a projection unit that projects image light based on light that has passed through the filter,

wherein the first light combining unit emits the emitted exciting laser light to the yellow phosphor and combines yellow fluorescence emitted in the yellow phosphor by the emitted exciting laser light with the red laser light, and

wherein the first light combining unit comprises a trichroic mirror that reflects the emitted exciting laser light toward the yellow phosphor, reflects the emitted red laser light in a combining direction, and lets the yellow fluorescence emitted from the yellow phosphor in the combining direction pass therethrough.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055256/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2016
From: CHIKAHISA, SHINICHIRO
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038286/0839 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-111403 · Jun 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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