Patent ID: 7148936

Claim:
A projection type liquid crystal display device at least comprising: a color-separation/synthesis optical system comprising: a first retarder stack, a polarizing beamsplitter, a spacer, a dichroic beamsplitter and a second retarder stack, whererin the first retarder stack is disposed adjacent to a first sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter; the spacer is disposed adjacent to a second sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter; the dichroic beamsplitter is disposed adjacent to a third sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter; the second retarder stack is disposed adjacent to a fourth sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter; the first sideface and the third sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter face to each other; the second sideface and the fourth sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter face to each other; each of the first retarder stack and the second retarder stack has two cut-off wavelengths in a visible light region; a cut-off wavelength on the short wavelength side of the first retarder stack is on a shorter wavelength side as compared with the cut-off wavelength on the short wavelength of the second retarder stack; and a cut-off wavelength on the long wavelength side of the first retarder stack is on a longer wavelength side as compared with the cut-off wavelength on the long wavelength of the second retarder stack; a white light source; a plurality of liquid crystal panels for three color light components; and a projection lens, wherein illumination light from the white light source is converted into a p-polarized light component with respect to a bonding interface of the polarizing beamsplitter; the illumination light from the white light source is allowed to enter the polarizing beamsplitter from the first retarder stack-side; a liquid crystal panel for green is disposed on a face opposite to the sideface of the polarizing beamsplitter to which the spacer is adjacent; a liquid crystal panel for red is disposed on a first emission face of the dichroic beamsplitter; a liquid crystal panel for blue is disposed on a second emission face of the dichroic beamsplitter; and an emission-side polarizing plate and the projection lens are disposed adjacent to the second retarder stack in this order.