Patent ID: 6854848

Claim:
A projector including an optical device integrally provided with a plurality of light modulating devices to modulate a plurality of color lights for each color light according to image information, and a color synthesizing optical element to synthesize each color light modulated at the light modulating devices, comprising: a holding frame to hold the light modulating devices, having an opening for a portion corresponding to an image formation region of said light modulating devices; a base fixed to at least one end of a pair of end faces intersecting with an optical flux incident end face of said color synthesizing optical element; and a holding member disposed between said holding frame and a side face of said base; said base and said holding member being formed of at least one of a thermal-conductive metal and a thermal-conductive resin; and said light modulating devices being fixed to a side face of said base by said holding frame and said holding member.