LIGHT GUIDE MEMBER, PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE LIGHT GUIDE MEMBER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE

• US 20090129058A1
• Filed: 11/27/2006
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Showa Denko KK
• Original Assignee: Showa Denko KK
• Inventors: Naijo, Shuichi, Watanabe, Takeo, Gomi, Shuji, Tokita, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 8,021,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/97.200
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0021 for housing at least a part of the light source, e.g. by forming holes or recesses
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0068 Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133603 with LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133605 including specially adapted reflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133611 including means for improving the brightness uniformity
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/60 Reflective elements

Abstract

A light guide member laminated on the upper face of a luminous device mounting substrate on which a luminous device is mounted and which is for diffusing and guiding upward light emitted from the luminous device. The light guide member includes a light reflecting portion formed on the bottom face of the light guide member in an area other than an area near the luminous device, and a section in which a light reflecting portion is not formed on the bottom face of the light guide member at a position near the luminous device. Also disclosed is a planar light source device provided with the light guide member, and a display apparatus using the planar light source device.

Claims

1. A light guide member, which is disposed over the upper face of a luminous device mounting substrate on which a luminous device is mounted and which is for diffusing and guiding upward a light emitted from the luminous device, comprising:

a light reflecting portion formed on the bottom face of the light guide member at a position not near around the luminous device, and

a section in which a light reflecting portion is not formed on the bottom face of the light guide member at a position near around the luminous device.

2. A light guide member as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a concave for the luminous device in the light guide member at the position corresponding to the luminous device, and

a light semi-permeable portion on a part of a surface on the concave of the concave for the luminous device.

3. A light guide member as defined in claim 2, wherein the light semi-permeable portion on the surface on the concave is formed at the position over the luminous device.

4. A light guide member as defined in claim 1, wherein the area near around the luminous device is an area to a uniform distance from the luminous device.

5. A light guide member as defined in claim 1, further comprising a light reflecting portion in a dot shape in the area near around the luminous device in such a manner that a dot density of the light reflecting portion is lower at a section closer to the luminous device.

6. A light guide member as defined in claim 1, further comprising a light semi-permeable portion at a position on the upper face of the light guide member corresponding to the luminous device.

7. A light guide member as defined in claim 6, wherein the light semi-permeable portion is formed on the upper face of the light guide member at the position directly over the luminous device.

8. A light guide member as defined in claim 7, wherein the light semi-permeable portion is formed on the upper face of the light guide member near around the luminous device to a uniform distance from the luminous device.

9. A light guide member as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of the luminous devices mounted on the luminous device mounting substrate is disposed apart and the areas near around the luminous devices in which a light reflecting portion is not formed are disposed at a plurality of the positions of the bottom face of the light guide member corresponding to the luminous devices.

10. A light guide member as defined in claim 9, wherein D/4 is equivalent to or larger than d in the case in which a distance between adjacent luminous devices of a plurality of the luminous devices is D and a uniform distance from the luminous device to a peripheral edge of the area near around the luminous device in which a light reflecting portion is not formed is d.

11. A light guide member as defined in claim 1, wherein the luminous device mounted on the luminous device mounting substrate is configured by a unit luminous device in which luminous devices of plural kinds with different luminance colors are combined, and the area near around the luminous device in which a light reflecting portion is not formed is formed corresponding to the unit luminous device.

12. A light guide member as defined in claim 2, wherein the luminous device mounted on the luminous device mounting substrate is configured by a unit luminous device in which luminous devices of plural kinds with different luminance colors are combined, and the concave for the luminous device is formed corresponding to the unit luminous device.

13. A planar light source device wherein the light guide member as defined in claim 1 is disposed over the upper face of the luminous device mounting substrate on which the luminous device is mounted.

14. A planar light source device as defined in claim 13, wherein the luminous device is a light emitting diode.

15. A display apparatus, comprising a display portion disposed over the upper face of the planar light source device as defined in claim 13.

16. A display apparatus as defined in claim 15, wherein the display portion is a liquid crystal panel.