Transmissive, optically addressed, photosensitive spatial light modulators and color display systems incorporating same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7990600
APP PUB NO 20080239458A1
SERIAL NO

11569498

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An optically addressed, photoconductive spatial light modulator (SLM) operates in a transmissive mode and is capable of modulating a wide spectrum of visible light. There is no pixel structure or native pixel resolution in the SLM. The SLM has no photodiodes and does not rectify. A light projection system (100) in which one or more SLMs (128, 130, 132) are placed includes a write (image definition) UV light path (102) and a read (illumination) visible light path (104) to form a color image projection display. The write UV light propagates from an image display pattern source (120) and either sequentially or continuously writes image patterns on the photoconductive SLMs. The read visible light propagates through the SLM and is modulated by an electro-optical material, the optical properties of which change in response to the image structure carried by the write light. The result is a high efficiency display system that delivers high resolution color images through a projection lens (190) onto a display screen.

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  • COMPOUND PHOTONICS LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brice, Stephen E Portland, US 1 19
Goetz, Howard V Tigard, US 30 269
Keith, David Vancouver, US 11 136
Li, Lin St. Petersburg, US 440 2643
Linn, Steven H Hillsboro, US 4 24
Parfenov, Alexander Rancho Palos Verdes, US 2 25
Sachs, Jonathan A Vancouver, US 5 55
Scheffer, Terry J Hilo, US 41 1134
Van, Vechten James A Corvallis, US 7 82
Xue, Jiuzhi Broomfield, US 28 651

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