HMMT 2005 U19

Regular tetrahedron $A B C D$ is projected onto a plane sending $A, B, C$, and $D$ to $A^{\prime}, B^{\prime}, C^{\prime}$, and $D^{\prime}$ respectively. Suppose $A^{\prime} B^{\prime} C^{\prime} D^{\prime}$ is a convex quadrilateral with $A^{\prime} B^{\prime}=A^{\prime} D^{\prime}$ and $C^{\prime} B^{\prime}=C^{\prime} D^{\prime}$, and suppose that the area of $A^{\prime} B^{\prime} C^{\prime} D^{\prime}=4$. Given these conditions, the set of possible lengths of $A B$ consists of all real numbers in the interval $[a, b)$. Compute $b$.