Patent ID: 7004587

Claim:
A two-panel display apparatus, comprising: a light source supplying a first polarized light and a second polarized light; a polarizing beam splitter separating the first polarized light and the second polarized light into two directions; a first reflective light panel having a first color filter embedded therein, the first reflective light panel receiving the first polarized light from the polarizing beam splitter and reflecting a first image light; a first quarter wavelength plate disposed between the polarizing beam splitter and the first reflective light panel; a second reflective light panel receiving the second polarized light from the polarizing beam splitter and reflecting a second image light; a second quarter wavelength plate disposed between the polarizing beam splitter and the second reflective light panel; a first color selector converting the first image light and the second image light into the same polarization states; and a projection lens receiving and projecting the combined first and second image light from the first color selector.