Illumination assembly including wavelength converting material having spatially varying density
First Claim
1. A display assembly, comprising:
- pixel light valves arranged in a layer;
a solid-state light-emitting device that outputs a primary light having a primary spectrum;
a light guide configured to receive the primary light emitted by the solid-state light-emitting device, the primary light propagating within the light guide and the light guide comprising a light emission surface juxtaposed with the layer of pixel light valves; and
first wavelength converting material regions and second wavelength converting material regions at the emission surface, the first wavelength converting material regions configured to convert the primary light incident thereon to a first converted light having a first converted wavelength spectrum and the second wavelength converting material regions configured to convert the primary light incident thereon to a second converted light having a second converted wavelength spectrum different from the first converted wavelength spectrum, each wavelength converting material region aligned with a respective pixel light valve and having a size approximately equal to a size of the respective pixel light valve so that the first converted light from the first wavelength converting material regions and the second converted light from the second wavelength converting material regions individually illuminate the respective pixel light valves.
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Abstract
Illumination assemblies, components, and related methods are described. An illumination assembly can include at least one solid state light-emitting device, an emission surface through which light is emitted, and a wavelength converting material that wavelength converts at least some light emitted by the solid state light-emitting device. The wavelength converting material can have a first density per unit area of the emission surface at a first location and a second density per unit area of the emission surface at a second location, wherein the second density is substantially different from the first density, and wherein the density per unit area is defined with a 1×1 cm2 averaging area. Another illumination assembly can include a light guide configured to receive light emitted by a solid state light-emitting device. The light guide can have a length along which received light propagates and an emission surface substantially parallel to the length of the light guide and through which light is emitted. A wavelength converting material can have a density per unit area of the emission surface that substantially increases along the length of the light guide.
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1. A display assembly, comprising:
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pixel light valves arranged in a layer; a solid-state light-emitting device that outputs a primary light having a primary spectrum; a light guide configured to receive the primary light emitted by the solid-state light-emitting device, the primary light propagating within the light guide and the light guide comprising a light emission surface juxtaposed with the layer of pixel light valves; and first wavelength converting material regions and second wavelength converting material regions at the emission surface, the first wavelength converting material regions configured to convert the primary light incident thereon to a first converted light having a first converted wavelength spectrum and the second wavelength converting material regions configured to convert the primary light incident thereon to a second converted light having a second converted wavelength spectrum different from the first converted wavelength spectrum, each wavelength converting material region aligned with a respective pixel light valve and having a size approximately equal to a size of the respective pixel light valve so that the first converted light from the first wavelength converting material regions and the second converted light from the second wavelength converting material regions individually illuminate the respective pixel light valves. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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