Optics of Digital Projectors
DVD course $749 plus shipping & handling

Optics of Digital Projectors DVD course is a  7 1/2 hour long comprehensive training course on the optics of digital projectors with many visual hardware examples from digital projector suppliers worldwide. 

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Optical System Overview

Projector Operating Room Environment

• Illumination Noise Sources
• Screen Illumination Noise and Color of Illumination Noise
• Screen Black Level
• Room Reflection Background
• Acoustic Properties of Room/Projector

Light Sources: Mercury and Xenon

• Bulb Chemistry and Physics of Operation
• Electronic Ballast Info and Trends
• Lamp Operating Parameters
• Bulb Lifetime, Definitions, and Pareto of Death
• Spectral Output of Hg and Xe Lamps
• Xe Bulbs
• My Dream Light Source

Illumination Systems

• Illumination System Types and Characteristics
• Light Engine Illumination Layouts for Different Modulators
• Illumination System Component Parts, Name, Function, and Operation
• Example Layouts of DMD, LCD, and LCoS Illumination Systems
• Illumination System Tradeoff Matrix

Spatial Light Modulators: DMD, LCD, LCoS

• Reflective SLM's, Performance Parameters, and Issues
• SLM Function in Illumination System
• Example Reflective SLM—DMD Layout
• Polarization SLM's, Performance Parameters, and Issues
• Transmissive Polarization SLM
• Reflective Polarization SLM
• Example Reflective Polarization SLM—LCoS Layout
• Aperture Ratio
• SLM's in Research and Development Based upon Other Optical Methods
• SLM Tradeoff/Comparison Matrix

Imaging and Mapping Systems

• Transforms from Object Plane to Image Plane
• First Order Optical Imaging Properties: Magnification, FOV, OAL, EFL, etc.
• Zoom Lenses in Digital Projection
• Human Visual System
• Tilted Object and Image Planes
• Modulator Offset: Definition, Performance Costs and Benefits
• Projection Lens Performance Parameters, and Specification
• Telecentric Property of Lenses
• Image Keystone: Cause and Correction

Optical System Performance

• Illumination Decrease with FOV
• Definition & Discussion of Étendue
• Throughput Calculation Examples—Light from Bulb to Screen
• Full Projector Throughput Calculation
• Sequential Color Filter Time Average Transmission
• Parallel Color Optical System

Color in Digital Projectors

• Additive & Subtractive Color Mixing
• Hue, Saturation, and Brightness
• Color Perception with Background
• Chromaticity Diagram: Explanation and Uses
• Power Spectral Distribution: Xe and Hg Sources
• Color In Optical Elements of System
• Color Space Conversion Matrix
• Pulse Width Modulation of a Pixel
• Optics Color Path and Digital Color Path Schematic

Projection Screen Technologies

• Optical Properties of Projection Screens
• Performance Characteristics of Projection Screens
• Front and Rear Screen Technology
• Screen and Viewing Photometry
• Screen Sizing and Geometry Rules and Reasons
• Human Visual System Performance
• Projection Content and Purpose Rules

Projector System Measurement and Testing

• Screen Lumens, Total Lumens, Illumination Uniformity Testing and Measurement
• Solid Angle and Projected Solid Angle
• Color Chromaticity and Chromaticity Uniformity
• Contrast Measurement: ANSI and JBMA
• Color Convergence
• Projection Bulb Performance Measurements
• Distortion, Field Curvature, Resolution, MTF, etc.

NOTE: This is a list of the sections and some of the main topic of each section, naturally the course DVD goes
into greater detail on these subjects and their interactions and performance in a digital projector.

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Any questions please call or email us at info (at) oscintl.com  

Course content subject to change without notice.

Check our schedule of live courses if you would prefer to take this four-day course live.

Instructor

For the last 10 years, Mr. Michael Pate has developed and taught optical training courses to professionals worldwide at Fortune 500, 100, 50, and start-up companies.  His visually oriented teaching style is backed-up with clear, non-complicated explanations of difficult technical optical subjects and concepts.  These instruction techniques combined with his interactive teaching style, along with some humor, enable clients to leap up the complex learning curve of optical alignment with lasers.

Mr. Pate is the President and Founder of OSCI Inc., an optical engineering training and technical consulting firm.  He holds a Masters Degree in Optical Sciences from the Optical Science Center at the University of Arizona, and an Executive MBA from the University of California, Irvine.  Mr. Pate has over 23 years of optical engineering experience including new product development of optical instruments, R&D, optical system design and analysis, illumination design and analysis, optical manufacturing, optical component and system testing, optical alignment, thin films, and radiometric design and analysis.  His strategic and technical consulting encompasses illumination projects in industries such as: automotive, medical/dental, architectural, aviation, entertainment, and consumer electronics.  Mr. Pate continues developing optical training courses for professionals and teaching illumination design at University of Arizona and worldwide.  He holds 30 patents with several others pending patents.

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Key Benefits of Viewing the Course

• Quickly come up to speed on the complex technology involved in digital projector optics

• Learn about the key technologies in digital projectors

• Understand principle laws governing digital projector optics

• Learn key terminology (buzzwords) and what it means in digital projectors

• Learn performance metrics and technology tradeoffs

• Learn about competing technologies

• Learn how to perform important radiometric calculations

• Gain a technical head start on your competitors

• Leverage your training budget by eliminating travel expenses with your own course DVD

• Increase training efficiency - No sifting through journals, books, white papers, thesis, web sites, etc.

• Access to customer exclusive FAQ's database of questions from other course viewers

What Are Our Clients Saying?

"The class helped me put together a lot of things I've learned over the last year on how our projectors work.  This will help me better address how to solve customer problems and how to evaluate new projector designs."  Product Engineer, Digital Projectors

"The course gives me a better awareness of optical problems to look out for during prototyping and product development of projectors.  This will help me to identify problems early on in the product development cycle."  Mechanical Engineer

"I needed an overview of the design concerns and how they affect performance.  Your translations from verbiage (technical buzzwords)  to geometric diagrams was most helpful.  You were really good at making a very technical subject matter understood."  Supply Chain Manager

"Allowed me to get a good foundation on the basics of optics and illumination in projectors.  The words, vocabulary, concepts, and critical parameters for future design were very helpful.  You provided some potential quality issues to measure and specify."  Reliability Engineer

"When there are customer requirement that are related to illumination and optics, I will have a better understanding of the system.  I liked the flow of the course, use of humor, and the show and tell items - Great Job!" New Product Development Manager

"Instruction was clear!  Samples of lenses, light engine, and modulator and the part they play in projector are excellent.  Excellent class!"  Opto-Mechanical Technician

"This class will help me as a product engineer because it enables me to understand design changes in the optical system of a projector and the implications, in terms of reliability and quality, of these changes."  Product Engineer, Digital Projectors

"A lot of good information for understanding system level trade-offs between modulators and optical system, very useful course.  Would recommend that anyone joining projector projects to take this course."  Product Development Manager

"This is a great overview as I am in the process of transferring from "X" group to the "Y" group.  My experience is in IC's and fab processing, so I didn't have a systems understanding until I took this course."  Senior Fabrication Process Engineer

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Richard Cadena, Editor—PLSN Magazine