Luminance enhancement of LED light sources for etendue-limited applications

Julio Chaves; Waqidi Falicoff; Pablo Benitez; Juan Carlos Miñano; William A. Parkyn; Oliver Dross

doi:10.1117/12.683298

11 September 2006 Luminance enhancement of LED light sources for etendue-limited applications

Julio Chaves, Waqidi Falicoff, Pablo Benitez, Juan Carlos Miñano, William A. Parkyn, Oliver Dross

Proceedings Volume 6338, Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems III; 63380L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.683298
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In LED projection displays, total lumen-output equals the source-luminance multiplied by the etendue of the spatial light modulator, the latter being a bottleneck that cannot be overcome. In addition, the luminance of existing LED sources is still too low for many projection-display applications. This has spurred research into finding ways to increase their brightness without a significant loss in efficacy. Current techniques to increase LED source-luminance include: (a) a photonic lattice atop the LED, which partially collimates the exiting light though lowering the efficacy (by Luminus), (b) recycling the LED light through the chip via TIR on a flat cover rather than a dome (several LED suppliers), and (c) a light-confining box with an exit aperture smaller than the chip (GoldenEye). All the above mentioned existing approaches achieve an increase in luminance for the LEDs at the expense of a considerable drop in efficacy. In this paper we present four novel and different ways (patent pending) to considerably enhance LED luminance and offering the possibility of having relatively high efficacy.

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Julio Chaves, Waqidi Falicoff, Pablo Benitez, Juan Carlos Miñano, William A. Parkyn, and Oliver Dross "Luminance enhancement of LED light sources for etendue-limited applications", Proc. SPIE 6338, Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems III, 63380L (11 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.683298

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