Patent ID: 7963658

Claim:
A light modulator assembly, comprising: first, second, and third light modulators; first and second dichroic mirrors, said first dichroic mirror being located at an optical pupil of said assembly and being configured to split a beam of light into a first component beam and an intermediate beam and to transmit said first component beam to said first light modulator and to reflect said intermediate beam to said second dichroic mirror, said second dichroic mirror being configured to split said intermediate beam into second and third component beams and to direct said second component beam to said second modulator and said third component beam to said third modulator; and a third dichroic mirror configured to reflect an output of said first light modulator and to pass outputs of said second and third light modulators to display optics wherein said assembly is an off-axis modulator assembly such that said beams are offset from an optical axis of said light modulator assembly.