Luminaire having beam splitters for mixing light from different

Details Luminaire having beam splitters for mixing light from different Luminaire having beam splitters for mixing light from different

1999-06-24

2000-10-31

O'Shea, Sandra

Illumination

Plural light sources

Particular wavelength

362230, 362346, 362800, F21V 900

Patent

active

061391662

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for mixing light from discrete LED light sources utilizes beam splitters which each have a semi-reflective layer which partially transmits and partially reflects light of any wavelength incident thereon. Each semi-reflective layer is situated in a transparent prismatic black between reflective surfaces on parallel outside faces of the block so that two parallel input beams are mixed and transmitted as two parallel mixed beams of like color. For a square array of light sources, a first mixing stage consists of two such prismatic blocks arranged side-by-side, and a second mixing stage consists of two such prismatic blocks arranged side-by-side and rotated 90 degrees to the first stage. The second stage is arranged to receive a square array of mixed beams and produces four identical output beams. The colors of the light sources are chosen so that all output beams are white.

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Iwasaki Electric Co. Ltd., "Multicolor LED Light Source", JP 0-143367, Nov. 1987, (Abstract).
Iwasaki Electric Co. Ltd, "Polychromatic Light Emitting Diode Lamp", JP 6-237017, Oct. 1993, (Abstract).

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