Wavelength conversion module and projector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9467669-B2
Application number	US-201514732776-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2015
Priority date	Jan 22, 2015
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

A wavelength conversion module, includes a wavelength conversion device and at least one heat dissipation airflow providing device. The wavelength conversion device has at least one side surface. The heat dissipation airflow providing device has an outlet, wherein the outlet faces the side surface, and the heat dissipation airflow providing device is adapted to provide a heat dissipation airflow to the side surface from the outlet. A distance between a geometry center of an orthogonal projection of the outlet on the side surface and a geometry center of the side surface is smaller than or equal to half of a maximum inner diameter of the outlet. In addition, a projector having the wavelength conversion module is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wavelength conversion module, comprising:
a wavelength conversion device having at least one side surface; and
at least one heat dissipation airflow providing device having an outlet, wherein the outlet faces the side surface, the heat dissipation airflow providing device is adapted to provide a heat dissipation airflow to the side surface from the outlet, and a distance between a geometry center of an orthogonal projection of the outlet on the side surface and a geometry center of the side surface is smaller than or equal to half of a maximum inner diameter of the outlet.

2. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the outlet and the side surface ranges 5˜50 mm.

3. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet is a rectangle, and a maximum inner diameter of the outlet equals to a length of a diagonal line of the rectangle.

4. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one side surface is two, the two side surfaces face each other, a number of the at least one heat dissipation airflow providing device is two, the wavelength conversion device is disposed between the two heat dissipation airflow providing devices, and the outlet of each of the heat dissipation airflow providing devices faces the corresponding side surface.

5. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipation airflow providing device has a wind-guiding cover, and the wind-guiding cover is connected to the outlet and guide the heat dissipation airflow toward the side surface.

6. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 5 , wherein the wind-guiding cover has a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other, the first opening is connected with the outlet, the second opening faces the side surface, and an inner diameter of the second opening is smaller than or equal to an outer diameter of the side surface.

7. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength conversion device comprises a phosphor wheel or a color filter wheel.

8. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 7 , wherein the wavelength conversion device comprises a driving unit and a sensing unit, the driving unit is connected to the phosphor wheel and adapted to drive the phosphor wheel to rotate, and the sensing unit is disposed on one side of the driving unit and adapted to sense an operation state of the driving unit.

9. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength conversion module comprises an enclosed cavity and a heat dissipation structure, wherein the wavelength conversion device and the heat dissipation airflow providing device are disposed inside the enclosed cavity, the heat dissipation structure comprises a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion is located inside the enclosed cavity and the second portion is located outside the enclosed cavity, the heat dissipation airflow flows through the wavelength conversion device and the first portion sequentially, and a heat energy of the heat dissipation airflow is transferred through the first portion to the second portion.

10. The wavelength conversion module according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipation airflow providing device is a centrifugal fan, an axial fan, or a refrigerating air-conditioning blower.

11. A projector, comprising:
a light source adapted to provide an illumination light beam;
a light valve located on a transmission path of the illumination light beam and adapted to covert the illumination light beam to a image light beam;
a lens located on a transmission path of the image light beam and adapted to covert the image light beam to a projection light beam; and
a wavelength conversion module disposed on the transmission path of the illumination light beam, located between the light source and the light valve and comprising:
a wavelength conversion device having at least one side surface; and
at least one heat dissipation airflow providing device having an outlet, wherein the outlet faces the side surface, the heat dissipation airflow providing device is adapted to provide a heat dissipation airflow to the side surface from the outlet, and a distance between a geometry center of an orthogonal projection of the outlet on the side surface and a geometry center of the side surface is smaller than or equal to half of a maximum inner diameter of the outlet.

12. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein a distance between the outlet and the side surface ranges 5˜50 mm.

13. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein the outlet is a rectangle, and a maximum inner diameter of the outlet equals to a length of a diagonal line of the rectangle.

14. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein a number of the at least one side surface is two, the two side surfaces face each other, a number of the at least one heat dissipation airflow providing device is two, the wavelength conversion device is disposed between the two heat dissipation airflow providing devices, and the outlet of each of the heat dissipation airflow providing devices faces the corresponding side surface.

15. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein the heat dissipation airflow providing device having a wind-guiding cover, and the wind-guiding cover is connected to the outlet and guides the heat dissipation airflow toward the side surface.

16. The projector according to claim 15 , wherein the wind-guiding cover has a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other, the first opening is connected with the outlet, the second opening faces the side surface, and an inner diameter of the second opening is smaller than or equal to an outer diameter of the side surface.

17. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein the wavelength conversion device comprises a phosphor wheel or a color filter wheel.

18. The projector according to claim 17 , wherein the wavelength conversion device comprises a driving unit and a sensing unit, the driving unit is connected to the phosphor wheel and adapted to drive the phosphor wheel to rotate, and the sensing unit is disposed on one side of the driving unit and adapted to sense an operation state of the driving unit.

19. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein the wavelength conversion module comprises a enclosed cavity and a heat dissipation structure, the wavelength conversion device and the heat dissipation airflow providing device are disposed inside the enclosed cavity, the heat dissipation structure comprises a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion is located inside the enclosed cavity and the second portion is located outside the enclosed cavity, the heat dissipation airflow flows through the wavelength conversion device and the first portion sequentially, and a heat energy of the heat dissipation airflow is transferred through the first portion to the second portion.

20. The projector according to claim 11 , wherein the heat dissipation airflow providing device is a centrifugal fan, an axial fan, or a refrigerating air-conditioning blower.

Assignees

• Tsai Te-Ying
• Lin Tsung-Ching
• Coretronic Corp

Inventors

• Tsai Te-Ying
• Lin Tsung-Ching

Classifications

• H04N9/3144 Primary

  Cooling systems (cooling of liquid crystal cells in general G02F1/133382; cooling of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/16) · CPC title

• G02B26/008

  in the form of devices for effecting sequential colour changes, e.g. colour wheels · CPC title

• H04N9/3111

  for displaying the colours sequentially, e.g. by using sequentially activated light sources (sequential projection in colour photography G03B33/08) · CPC title

• G03B21/16

  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