According to various illustrative embodiments of the present invention, a device for a light
projection system includes a single
light emitting diode array comprising at least one green die, at least one blue die, and at least one red die, a single light collection, integration, and etendue-matching optic element comprising a tapered
light pipe capable of collecting substantially all light emitted by the single
light emitting diode array and spatially integrating the substantially all the light emitted by the single
light emitting diode array, and a telecentric
relay using at least one of spherical and aspherical refractive and reflective components. The device also includes an illumination
wedge prism, a
digital micromirror device capable of modulating the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting
diode array, and a projection
total internal reflection prism, the projection
total internal reflection prism disposed between the illumination
wedge prism and the
digital micromirror device. The device also includes a
projection lens, wherein the telecentric
relay provides the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting
diode array through the illumination
wedge prism and through the projection
total internal reflection prism to the
digital micromirror device that reflects the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting
diode array back through the projection total internal reflection prism that totally internally reflects the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting
diode array through the
projection lens.