US 12,405,524 B2
Scrolling laser illumination with a phase light modulator
Terry Alan Bartlett, Dallas, TX (US); Kristofer Scott Oberascher, Van Alstyne, TX (US); and Alexander Lyubarsky, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/520,794.
Application 18/520,794 is a continuation of application No. 17/539,039, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,880,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,076, filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,622, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094616 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 21/2066 (2013.01) [G02F 1/292 (2013.01); G03B 21/2013 (2013.01); G03B 21/208 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a spatial light modulator (SLM) having a first region and a second region; and
a phase light modulator (PLM) optically coupled to the SLM, the PLM configured to:
receive first light having a first color;
receive second light having a second color, the second color different than the first color;
direct the first light towards the first region of the SLM; and
direct the second light towards the second region of the SLM.