US 11,693,301 B2
Illumination system and projection apparatus
Yu-Shan Chen, Hsin-Chu (TW); Wan-Ting Hsieh, Hsin-Chu (TW); Ming-Tsung Weng, Hsin-Chu (TW); Chi-Tang Hsieh, Hsin-Chu (TW); Haw-Woei Pan, Hsin-Chu (TW); Jo-Han Hsu, Hsin-Chu (TW); and Kuan-Ta Huang, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Assigned to Coretronic Corporation, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed by Coretronic Corporation, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,708.
Claims priority of application No. 202011561594.5 (CN), filed on Dec. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0206371 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 21/204 (2013.01) [G02B 26/008 (2013.01); G03B 21/2066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination system, configured to provide an illumination light beam, and comprising a light source module, a phosphor wheel, a light recycling element, and a light uniformizing element, wherein:
the light source module is configured to emit an excitation light beam;
the phosphor wheel comprises a phosphor region;
at a first timing, the excitation light beam is transmitted to the light uniformizing element, so that the illumination system outputs first light in the illumination light beam;
at a second timing, the excitation light beam is transmitted to the phosphor region of the phosphor wheel, so that a part of the excitation light beam transmitted to the phosphor region is converted into a first converted light beam, and the other part of the excitation light beam transmitted to the phosphor region forms an unconverted light beam and is transmitted to the light recycling element, and is reflected by the light recycling element to form a recycled light beam, the recycled light beam is transmitted to the phosphor region of the phosphor wheel, and a part of the recycled light beam is converted into a second converted light beam, wherein the first converted light beam and the second converted light beam are transmitted to the light uniformizing element through a same path, so that the illumination system outputs second light in the illumination light beam; and
at the second timing, reflectivity of the light recycling element to a waveband of the unconverted light beam is greater than 90%.