Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waveguide-optical Kohler integrator utilizing geodesic lenses
- Patent Title (中): 波导光学Kohler积分器利用测地镜
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Application No.: US11810001Application Date: 2007-06-04
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Publication No.: US07729577B2Publication Date: 2010-06-01
- Inventor: Juan Carlos Miñano , Pablo Benitez , Dejan Grabovickic , José Blen , Maikel Hernandez , Rubén Mohedano , Oliver Dross
- Applicant: Juan Carlos Miñano , Pablo Benitez , Dejan Grabovickic , José Blen , Maikel Hernandez , Rubén Mohedano , Oliver Dross
- Applicant Address: US CA Altadena
- Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC
- Current Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Altadena
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Main IPC: F21V7/04
- IPC: F21V7/04 ; G02B6/32 ; G02B6/10

Abstract:
A waveguide version of a Kohler integrator is disclosed, utilizing geodesic lenses with a surface that can be mapped to a gradient-index Luneburg lens or to a nonfull-aperture Luneburg lens in such a way that the light paths in the gradient index lenses map into the geodesics of the surface, with the outer region of the gradient index lenses mapped into a flat surface. Arrays of these can be applied to lines of LEDs, as in CHMSLs, to mix light in intensity and in illumination as well as to avoid the deleterious effects of binning and burnout, or in multicolor arrays, to ensure complete chromatic mixing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080002423A1 Waveguide-optical kohler integrator utilizing geodesic lenses Public/Granted day:2008-01-03
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