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US 11,269,246 · App. 16/828,962 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Wavelength conversion device and projector

Inventors: Pi-Tsung Hsu (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chi-Tang Hsieh (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
G03B21/204G02B26/008
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Patent No.
US 11,269,246
App. No.
16/828,962
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a wavelength conversion device and a projector. The wavelength conversion device is configured to receive an excitation beam and includes a substrate, at least one wavelength conversion material layer, a driving unit and an assembly member. The substrate has a first region and a second region disposed adjacent to each other. The at least one wavelength conversion material layer is disposed on the substrate and located in the first region and configured to convert a wavelength of the excitation beam. The driving unit includes a rotation shaft. The driving unit is connected to the substrate and configured to drive the substrate to rotate with the rotation shaft as an axial center. The assembly member is disposed on the substrate, and the substrate drives the assembly member to rotate. A thickness or a shape of the assembly member is asymmetrical in a radial direction.

Claims (49)

1. A wavelength conversion device, configured to receive an excitation beam, comprising:

a substrate, having a first region and a second region disposed adjacent to each other;

at least one wavelength conversion material layer, disposed on the substrate and located in the first region, wherein the at least one wavelength conversion material layer is configured to convert a wavelength of the excitation beam;

a light transparent plate, located in the second region of the substrate to be defined with the substrate as a disc shape;

a driving unit, comprising a rotation shaft, wherein the driving unit is connected to the substrate and configured to drive the substrate to rotate with the rotation shaft as an axial center; and

an assembly member, disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate drives the assembly member to rotate, and a thickness or a shape of the assembly member is asymmetrical in a radial direction,

wherein the assembly member at least has a first part and a second part, and a first thickness of the first part in the radial direction is greater than a second thickness of the second part in the radial direction, and the first thickness and the second thickness are greater than zero,

wherein the substrate is disposed between the assembly member and the driving unit, an orthographic projection of the first part of the assembly member on the substrate overlaps with a part of the light transparent plate.

2. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the shape of the assembly member is a hollow-ring shape and is disposed coaxially with the axial center of the driving unit.

3. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein an orthographic projection of the first part of the assembly member on the substrate overlaps with the second region of the substrate.

4. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein a material of the substrate is a light transparent non-metal material.

5. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a reflective layer, disposed on the substrate and located between the at least one wavelength conversion material layer and the substrate.

6. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a filler, disposed on the assembly member.

7. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein the second part of the assembly member has at least one through hole.

8. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate is different from a material of the light transparent plate, the substrate has a reflective surface, and the at least one wavelength conversion material layer is disposed on the reflective surface.

9. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein when the shape of the assembly member is asymmetrical in the radial direction, a center of the assembly member deviates from the axial center of the driving unit.

10. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly member and the driving unit are respectively located on the same side of the substrate.

11. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 10 , wherein an inner diameter of the assembly member is greater than or equal to an outer diameter of the driving unit.

12. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an adhesion layer, dispose between the driving unit and the substrate, wherein the adhesion layer is directly connected to the driving unit and the substrate.

13. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an adhesion layer, dispose between the assembly member and the substrate, wherein the adhesion layer is directly connected to the driving unit and the substrate.

14. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the assembly member comprises metal, plastic or ceramic.

15. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one wavelength conversion material layer and the driving unit are respectively located on two opposite sides of the substrate.

16. A projector, comprising:

an illumination system, configured to provide an illumination beam and comprising:

an excitation light source device, configured to provide an excitation beam; and a wavelength conversion device, comprising:

a substrate, having a first region and a second region disposed adjacent to each other;

at least one wavelength conversion material layer, disposed on the substrate and located in the first region;

a light transparent plate, located in the second region of the substrate to be defined with the substrate as a disc shape;

a driving unit, comprising a rotation shaft, wherein the driving unit is connected to the substrate and configured to drive the substrate to rotate with the rotation shaft as an axial center; and

an assembly member, disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate drives the assembly member to rotate, and a thickness or a ′shape of the assembly member is asymmetrical in a radial direction,

wherein the first region and the second region of the substrate enter a transmission path of the excitation beam in an alternate order, when the second region enters the transmission path of the excitation beam, the excitation beam is transmitted to the light valve, when the at least one wavelength conversion material layer located in the first region enters the transmission path of the excitation beam, the at least one wavelength conversion material layer converts a wavelength of the excitation beam, and the illumination beam comprises the excitation beam, and

the assembly member at least has a first part and a second part, and a first thickness of the first part in the radial direction is greater than a second thickness of the second part in the radial direction, and the first thickness and the second thickness are greater than zero;

wherein the substrate is disposed between the assembly member and the driving unit, an orthographic projection of the first part of the assembly member on the substrate overlaps with a part of the light transparent plate;

a light valve, located on a transmission path of the illumination beam and configured to convert the illumination beam into an image beam; and

a projection lens, located on a transmission path of the image beam and configured to convert the illumination beam into a projection beam.

17. A wavelength conversion device, configured to receive an excitation beam, and comprising:

a substrate, having a first region and a second region disposed adjacent to each other;

at least one wavelength conversion material layer, disposed on the substrate and located in the first region, wherein the at least one wavelength conversion material layer is configured to convert a wavelength of the excitation beam;

alight transparent plate, located in the second region of the substrate to be defined with the .substrate as a disc shape;

a driving unit comprising a rotation shaft, connected to the substrate and configured to drive the substrate to rotate with the rotation shaft as an axial center; and

a ring-shaped assembly member, disposed on the substrate, located together with the driving unit on the same side of the substrate, disposed coaxially with the axial center of the driving unit and surrounding the driving unit,

wherein the ring-shaped assembly member at least has a first part and a second part, and a first thickness of the first part in the radial direction is greater than a second thickness of the second part in the radial direction, and the first thickness and the second thickness are greater than zero,

wherein the substrate is disposed between the ring-shaped assembly member and the driving unit, an orthographic projection of the first part of the ring-shaped assembly member on the substrate overlaps with a part of the light transparent plate.

18. The wavelength conversion device according to claim 17 , further comprising:

an adhesion layer, dispose between the driving unit and the substrate, wherein the adhesion layer is directly connected to the driving unit and the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2020
From: HSU, PI-TSUNG; HSIEH, CHI-TANG
To: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910241069.6 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200310236A1 · Oct 1, 2020