ILLUMINATION UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20090316064A1
• Filed: 06/23/2009
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Display Central Incorporated (Japan Display Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Mobile Display Company Limited (Japan Display Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kubo, Jihei, Nagahama, Hiroshi, KONO, Makoto, Aoshima, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 7,978,286 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 349/58
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0068 Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0085 Means for removing heat created by the light source from the package heat extraction or cooling elements for semiconductor light sources in general H01L33/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/009 of the light source in the package G02B6/0021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133615 Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133628 with cooling means

Abstract

An illumination unit includes a light guide having an incidence surface, a frame which is spaced apart from the incidence surface of the light guide, an accommodation section which is formed between the incidence surface of the light guide and the frame, and a light source unit including light-emitting diodes, a film substrate on which the light-emitting diodes are amounted, a heat radiation member having a support portion which supports the film substrate and a reflection portion which extends from the support portion, and an adhesive tape which adheres the film substrate to the support portion and has heat radiation properties, the light source unit being accommodated in the accommodation section.

Claims

1. An illumination unit comprising:

a light guide having an incidence surface;

a frame which holds the light guide and is spaced apart from the incidence surface of the light guide;

an accommodation section which is formed between the incidence surface of the light guide and the frame; and

a light source unit including a plurality of light-emitting diodes each having a light emission surface which is substantially parallel to a mounting surface thereof, a film substrate on which the plurality of light-emitting diodes are arranged in a first direction and are amounted, a heat radiation member having a support portion which supports the film substrate and a reflection portion which extends from the support portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and an adhesive tape which adheres the film substrate to the support portion and has heat radiation properties, the light source unit being accommodated in the accommodation section and being configured such that the light emission surface of each of the light-emitting diodes faces the incidence surface of the light guide in a state in which the light source unit is accommodated in the accommodation section.

2. The illumination unit according to claim 1, further comprising a heat radiation plate which covers an opening portion extending in the first direction of the accommodation section,

wherein the accommodation section is formed in a tubular shape extending in the first direction, and is configured such that the light source unit is insertable/removable in the first direction, and

the heat radiation plate is in contact with the reflection portion of the light source unit which is inserted in the accommodation section.

3. The illumination unit according to claim 2, wherein the reflection portion of the light source unit and the heat radiation plate are fixed by screwing in the state in which the light source unit is inserted in the accommodation section.

4. The illumination unit according to claim 2, wherein the heat radiation member of the light source unit is fixed to the frame by screwing in the state in which the light source unit is inserted in the accommodation section.

5. The illumination unit according to claim 1, wherein the accommodation section is configured such that the light source unit is attachable/detachable from an opening portion extending in the first direction of the accommodation section, and

the reflection portion of the light source unit, which is mounted in the accommodation section, covers the opening portion of the accommodation section.

6. The illumination unit according to claim 5, wherein the reflection portion of the light source unit includes a projection portion which projects toward the accommodation section and extends in the first direction.

7. The illumination unit according to claim 5, wherein the heat radiation member includes an insertion portion on one end side thereof in the first direction, and the other end side thereof in the first direction is fixed to the frame by screwing in the state in which the light source unit is mounted in the accommodation section.

8. The illumination unit according to claim 5, wherein the reflection portion of the light source unit forms an armor of the illumination unit.

9. The illumination unit according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive tape has a width which is equal to or greater than a width of the film substrate.

10. The illumination unit according to claim 1, wherein the heat radiation member is formed of a metallic material.

11. The illumination unit according to claim 1, wherein the light emission surface of the light-emitting diode is spaced apart from the incidence surface of the light guide.

12. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel which is configured to hold a liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates; and

an illumination unit which is disposed on the liquid crystal display panel and illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, the illumination unit including a light guide having an incidence surface;

a frame which holds the light guide and is spaced apart from the incidence surface of the light guide;

an accommodation section which is formed between the incidence surface of the light guide and the frame; and

a light source unit including a plurality of light-emitting diodes each having a light emission surface which is substantially parallel to a mounting surface thereof, a film substrate on which the plurality of light-emitting diodes are arranged in a first direction and are amounted, a heat radiation member having a support portion which supports the film substrate and a reflection portion which extends from the support portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and an adhesive tape which adheres the film substrate to the support portion and has heat radiation properties, the light source unit being accommodated in the accommodation section and being configured such that the light emission surface of each of the light-emitting diodes faces the incidence surface of the light guide in a state in which the light source unit is accommodated in the accommodation section.