Phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module for laser projection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9010971-B2
Application number	US-201314074461-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2013
Priority date	Jul 3, 2013
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

A phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module for a laser projection system is provided. The phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module includes a phosphor wheel, a plurality of air vents and an impeller. At least one phosphor agent is coated on an outer-ring portion of a first surface of the phosphor wheel. The air vents run through the phosphor wheel. The impeller is disposed on a second surface of the phosphor wheel, and includes an inlet and a first outlet. A laser beam is projected on the outer-ring portion of the phosphor wheel. When the phosphor wheel is rotated at a high rotating speed, an airflow is inhaled into the impeller through the inlet. A first portion of the airflow is blown out through the first outlet, and a second portion of the airflow is transferred to the first surface of the phosphor wheel through the air vents.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module for a laser projection system, said phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module comprising:
a phosphor wheel having a first surface and a second surface opposed to said first surface, wherein at least one phosphor agent is coated on an outer-ring portion of said first surface of said phosphor wheel;
a plurality of air vents running through said first surface and said second surface of said phosphor wheel;
an impeller disposed on said second surface of said phosphor wheel, and comprising an inlet and a first outlet; and
an airflow guiding device facing said first surface of said phosphor wheel, and comprising at least one second outlet,
wherein a laser beam emitted by said laser projection system is projected on said outer-ring portion of said first surface of said phosphor wheel, wherein when said phosphor wheel is rotated at a high rotating speed, an airflow is inhaled into said impeller through said inlet, wherein a first portion of said airflow is blown out through said first outlet, and a second portion of said airflow is transferred to said first surface of said phosphor wheel through said air vents, wherein said second portion of said airflow is guided by said airflow guiding device to remove heat from said first surface and said outer-ring portion of said phosphor wheel, and then said second portion of said airflow is blown out through said at least one second outlet.

2. The phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module according to claim 1 , wherein said phosphor wheel has a rotating shaft, and said rotating shaft is connected with a motor, wherein when said rotating shaft is driven by said motor, said phosphor wheel is correspondingly rotated with said rotating shaft at said high rotating speed.

3. The phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module according to claim 1 , wherein said impeller is a centrifugal impeller or an axial-flow impeller.

4. The phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module according to claim 1 , wherein said first outlet is located at a lateral side of said impeller.

5. The phosphor wheel heat-dissipating module according to claim 1 , wherein said laser beam emitted by said laser projection system is projected on said outer-ring portion of said first surface of said phosphor wheel at a specific region, and said second portion of said airflow blown out through said at least one second outlet is guided to remove heat from said specific region.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Wang Hui-Hsiung
• Sha Yu-Hsuan

Classifications

• G03B21/16 Primary

  Cooling; Preventing overheating · CPC title

• G03B21/204

  using secondary light emission, e.g. luminescence or fluorescence (using different colours G03B33/00; if related to video signals H04N9/3197) · CPC title