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First Claim
1. A display comprising:
- a transmissive pixellated spatial light modulator; and
a backlight;
wherein the backlight has a light-transmissive waveguide, a first face of the waveguide being opposed to the spatial light modulator;
wherein the first face of the waveguide comprises a plurality of regions that are not totally internally reflective for at least one polarisation of light propagating within the waveguide, the remainder of the first face of the waveguide being totally internally reflective for light propagating within the waveguide; and
wherein the pitch of the regions is substantially an integer multiple of the pitch of the pixels of the spatial light modulator.
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Abstract
A display comprises: a transmissive pixellated spatial light modulator (21); and a backlight (22). The backlight has a light-transmissive waveguide (26), with a first face of the waveguide being opposed to the spatial light modulator (21). The first face of the waveguide comprises a plurality of regions that are not totally internally reflective for at least one polarisation of light propagating within the waveguide, and the remainder of the first face of the waveguide is totally internally reflective for light propagating within the waveguide. Light is extracted from the waveguide at the regions where first face of the waveguide is not totally internally reflective. The pitch of the regions where first face of the waveguide is not totally internally reflective is substantially an integer multiple of the pitch of the pixels of the spatial light modulator.
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1. A display comprising:
- a transmissive pixellated spatial light modulator; and
a backlight;
wherein the backlight has a light-transmissive waveguide, a first face of the waveguide being opposed to the spatial light modulator;
wherein the first face of the waveguide comprises a plurality of regions that are not totally internally reflective for at least one polarisation of light propagating within the waveguide, the remainder of the first face of the waveguide being totally internally reflective for light propagating within the waveguide; and
wherein the pitch of the regions is substantially an integer multiple of the pitch of the pixels of the spatial light modulator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
- a transmissive pixellated spatial light modulator; and
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49. A backlight comprising:
- a waveguide; and
a structure overlying the waveguide, selected regions of the structure having birefringent properties whereby the interface between the waveguide and the selected regions of the structure is not totally internally reflective for at least one polarisation of light propagating within the waveguide. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 77, 78)
- a waveguide; and
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70. A display comprising a pixellated spatial light modulator;
- and a plurality of reflective louvres, each louvre extending away from, and being perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to, the front face of the light modulator;
wherein the pitch of the louvres is approximately 2np, where n is an integer and p is the pixel pitch of the light modulator. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80)
- and a plurality of reflective louvres, each louvre extending away from, and being perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to, the front face of the light modulator;
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