A method of manufacturing a light-conductive pipe is described comprising
the steps of: forming a light pipe mold having an elongated cavity with
two optical end faces and an opening for injecting molten material into
the cavity distant from either optical end face; providing molten
material from a supply of molten material; injecting the molten material
through the opening; and cooling and solidifying the molten material to
form a light-conductive pipe having an input optical face and an output
optical face connected by an elongated body of light-conductive material.
Also described are injection molded light-pipes formed by the method, and
integrated linear arrays of injection molded light-conductive pipes
formed by the method. Optical faceplates may be formed comprising
multiple stacked integrated linear arrays of injection molded
light-conductive pipes formed by the method, and tiled flat-panel display
systems may comprise a plurality of modules aligned in an array, each
module comprising a flat-panel display having a plurality of pixels and
such an optical faceplate.