LCD with complimentary heterogeneous polarizers for polarization light recycling
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1. An electro-optical display system comprising:
- a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having a first and a second region, wherein said first region transmits a first polarization state and reflects a second polarization state and said second region transmits the second polarization state and reflects the first polarization state;
a front heterogeneous polarizer having a third and a fourth region, wherein said third region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said first region and said fourth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said second region; and
a light modulation unit coupled to said front and rear polarizers, wherein said modulation unit modifies the polarization state of transmitted light, wherein said light modulation unit is a liquid crystal display layer;
said layer having fifth and sixth regions that are oriented relative to the first and second regions of said rear polarizer and the third and fourth regions of said front polarizer;
wherein said fifth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as said first region and said third region and wherein said sixth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as said second region and said fourth region.
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An electro-optical display system includes a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having first and second regions. The first region transmits a first polarization state and reflects a second polarization state and the second region transmits the second polarization state and reflects the first polarization state. The system further includes a front heterogeneous polarizer having third and fourth regions. The third region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as the first region and the fourth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as the second region.
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1. An electro-optical display system comprising:
- a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having a first and a second region, wherein said first region transmits a first polarization state and reflects a second polarization state and said second region transmits the second polarization state and reflects the first polarization state;
a front heterogeneous polarizer having a third and a fourth region, wherein said third region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said first region and said fourth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said second region; and
a light modulation unit coupled to said front and rear polarizers, wherein said modulation unit modifies the polarization state of transmitted light, wherein said light modulation unit is a liquid crystal display layer;
said layer having fifth and sixth regions that are oriented relative to the first and second regions of said rear polarizer and the third and fourth regions of said front polarizer;
wherein said fifth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as said first region and said third region and wherein said sixth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as said second region and said fourth region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having a first and a second region, wherein said first region transmits a first polarization state and reflects a second polarization state and said second region transmits the second polarization state and reflects the first polarization state;
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7. A method of operating an electro-optical display system comprising:
- generating unpolarized light;
transmitting the unpolarized light to a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having a first and a second region, wherein said first region transmits a first polarizer state and reflects a second polarization state and said second region transmits the second polarization state and reflects the first polarization state;
modifying the polarization of rear polarizer light by a liquid crystal layer, wherein said rear polarizer light is transmitted from said rear polarizer; and
transmitting the modified light to a front heterogeneous polarizer having a third and a fourth region, wherein said third region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said first region and said fourth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said second region, wherein said liquid crystal layer has a fifth and a sixth region that are oriented relative to the first and second regions of said rear polarizer and the third and fourth regions of said front polarizer;
wherein said fifth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as the first region and the third region, and wherein the sixth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as the second region and the fourth region. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- generating unpolarized light;
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12. An electro-optical display system comprising:
- a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having a first and a second region;
a front heterogeneous polarizer having a third and a fourth region, and a light modulation unit sandwiched between said front and rear polarizers, wherein said first region transmits a first polarization state and reflects a second polarization state and said second region transmits the second polarization state and reflects the first polarization state; and
wherein said third region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said first region and said fourth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same size and shape as said second region, wherein said light modulation unit is a liquid crystal display layer;
said layer having a fifth and a sixth region that are oriented relative to the first and second regions of said rear polarizer and the third and fourth regions of said front polarizer;
wherein said fifth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as the first region and the third region, and wherein the sixth region is substantially aligned with and approximately the same shape and size as the second region and the fourth region. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
- a rear reflective heterogeneous polarizer having a first and a second region;
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