Compact XCUBE light engine assembly

A light engine comprising:

• a housing;
• a lens barrel disposed at a first surface of the housing opposite a second surface of the housing;
• a dichroic combiner disposed in the housing;
• first, second, and third microLED panel assemblies, each of the first, second, and third microLED panel assemblies having a microLED panel coupled to a connector interface via a flex cable;
• and
• wherein the microLED panel of the first microLED panel assembly is disposed at a third surface of the housing and arranged such that the flex cable of the first microLED panel assembly extends first from the microLED panel toward the lens barrel and then turns back toward the second surface;
• wherein the microLED panel of the second microLED panel assembly is disposed at a fourth surface of the housing and arranged such that the flex cable of the second microLED panel assembly extends first from the microLED panel toward the lens barrel and then turns back toward the second surface;
• and
• wherein the microLED panel of the third microLED panel assembly is disposed at the second surface of the housing and arranged such that the flex cable of the third microLED panel assembly extends first from the microLED panel away from the third surface and then turns back toward the third surface.