MULTI-BANDPASS FILTER FOR PROJECTION ARRANGEMENTS

• US 20070030563A1
• Filed: 06/06/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OC Oerlikon Balzers, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Unaxis Balzers (Unaxis)
• Inventors: Zueger, Othmar
• Application Number:
  US11/422,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20070030563A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/359
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/1046 for use with transmissive spatial light modulators
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/142 Coating structures, e.g. thin films multilayers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/145 having sequential partially reflecting surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/149 using crossed beamsplitting surfaces, e.g. cross-dichroic cubes or X-cubes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/208 for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/281 designed for the infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/283 designed for the ultraviolet
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/285 comprising deposited thin solid films G02B5/281 - G02B5/289 take precedence; multilayered film filters for fibre optic multiplexing G02B6/29361
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/315 Modulator illumination systems general applications of lighting devices F21V; general optical systems G02B; lamp houses for projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/20

Abstract

An optical filter for manipulating the spectrum of a light source is comprised of a transparent substrate and a first layer system applied to only one side, preferably an interference layer system. The substrate and the first layer system form a combined UV and IR filter (UV-IR filter) such that radiation portions both below a wavelength of 420 nm, particularly in the UV range, and above a wavelength of 690 nm, particularly in the IR range, are not fully transmitted via the first layer system.

Claims

1. An optical filter for manipulating the spectrum of a light source, whereby the optical filter is comprised of a transparent substrate and a first layer system applied to only one side, preferably an interference layer system, characterized in that the substrate and the first layer system form a combined UV and IR filter (UV-IR filter) such that radiation portions both below a wavelength of 420 nm, particularly in the UV range, and above a wavelength of 690 nm, particularly in the IR range, are not fully transmitted by the first layer system.

2. The UV-IR filter in claim 1, characterized in that an anti-reflective coating is applied to the side that does not have the first layer system.

3. The UV-IR filter in claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the first layer system combined with the substrate also at least partially blocks the transmission in the crossover areas between blue and green at 490 to 510 nm, and between green and red at 570-590 nm.

4. The UV-IR filter in claim 3, characterized in that the transmission difference between 415 nm and 435 nm amounts to at least 90%.

5. The UV-IR filter in claims 3 and/or 4, characterized in that the transmission difference between 675 nm and 700 nm amounts to at least 90%.

6. The UV-IR filter in claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the transmission is at the minimum less than 10% in the crossover areas between blue and green and between green and red.

7. A projection arrangement comprising at least one light source (3) for emitting a light beam, means (5) of collimating the light beam, dichroic mirrors (13, 15) for splitting the light beam into three partial beams (R, B, G), basically composed of blue, green and red partial spectra, transmissive LCD elements (19, 21, 25) for modulating the partial beams (R, B, G), means (27) of combining the partial beams, and a projection lens system (29) for showing the combined, modulated partial beams on a projection plane, characterized in that the projection arrangement is also comprised of a UV-IR filter according to claims 1-6.

8. A projection system according to claim 7, characterized in that no other filters are used to correct the spectrum in the path between the light source (3) and the projection lens system (29).

9. A projection system according to claim 7, characterized in that a maximum of one other filter is used to correct the spectrum in the path between the light source (3) and the projection lens system (29).