Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens
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1. A light fixture comprising:
- a housing defining an optical cavity having an optical window for allowing light to escape from said optical cavity;
a light source in said optical cavity for producing light; and
a lens lying in said optical window for directing light from said optical cavity through said optical window, said lens having a first surface external to said optical cavity and a second surface internal to said optical cavity, said second surface being a structured surface, said structured surface having a plurality of triangular prisms formed thereon, each said prisms having a transmissive facet and a reflective facet positioned such that light from said light source will enter said lens through one of said transmissive facets, be totally internally reflected by one of said reflective facets and exit through said first surface, where each of said transmissive facets makes a first angle with said optical window and each of said reflective facets makes a second angle with a normal to said optical window, said first and second angles for each of said prisms being selected to provide preselected light intensity distribution over said optical windown, said preselected light intensity distribution being provided by discarding a preselected percentage of said light from said light source.
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Abstract
The present invention is a light fixture having a catadioptric lens designed to discard preselected amounts of light from a light source. The percentage of the light discarded will vary over the surface of the reflector in order to provide a predetermined output intensity distribution.
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1. A light fixture comprising:
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a housing defining an optical cavity having an optical window for allowing light to escape from said optical cavity; a light source in said optical cavity for producing light; and a lens lying in said optical window for directing light from said optical cavity through said optical window, said lens having a first surface external to said optical cavity and a second surface internal to said optical cavity, said second surface being a structured surface, said structured surface having a plurality of triangular prisms formed thereon, each said prisms having a transmissive facet and a reflective facet positioned such that light from said light source will enter said lens through one of said transmissive facets, be totally internally reflected by one of said reflective facets and exit through said first surface, where each of said transmissive facets makes a first angle with said optical window and each of said reflective facets makes a second angle with a normal to said optical window, said first and second angles for each of said prisms being selected to provide preselected light intensity distribution over said optical windown, said preselected light intensity distribution being provided by discarding a preselected percentage of said light from said light source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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