Light Guide Plate and Backlight Module

• US 20100157624A1
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Inventors: Liao, Chun-CHien, Shiau, Tzeng-Ke
• Application Number:
  US12/641,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20100157624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/611
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0035 provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0036 2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0038 Linear indentations or grooves, e.g. arc-shaped grooves or meandering grooves, extending over the full length or width of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0063 for extracting light out both the major surfaces of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0076 Stacked arrangements of multiple light guides of the same or different cross-sectional area

Abstract

A light guide plate includes a first light guide body having a light incident plane, a first connection surface, and recesses and a second light guide body having a light emitting plane, a second connection surface opposite to the light emitting plane, and protrusions. The recesses are disposed on the first connection surface. Each of the recesses has a bottom plane parallel to the light emitting plane. The light incident plane intersects with the first connection surface. The first connection surface contacts the second connection surface. The protrusions are disposed on the second connection surface and fill the recesses respectively. Cross-sectional planes of each protrusion parallel to the light emitting plane decrease gradually in a direction towards the bottom plane of the corresponding recess. A terminal thickness of the second light guide body is less than that of the first one.

Claims

1. A light guide plate, comprising:

a first light guide body comprising a light incident plane, a first connection surface, and a plurality of recesses, wherein the recesses are disposed on the first connection surface, and each of the recesses has a bottom plane, and the light incident plane intersects with the first connection surface; and

a second light guide body comprising a light emitting plane, a second connection surface, and a plurality of protrusions, wherein the light emitting plane is opposite to the second connection surface, the first connection surface contacts the second connection surface, the bottom plane of each of the recesses is substantially parallel to the light emitting plane, the protrusions are disposed on the second connection surface and fill the recesses respectively, a plurality of first cross-sectional planes of each of the protrusions substantially parallel to the light emitting plane decrease gradually in a first direction towards the bottom plane of the corresponding recess, the first direction is perpendicular to the light emitting plane, a terminal thickness of the second light guide body is less than a terminal thickness of the first light guide body, and the refractive index of the second light guide body is greater than the refractive index of the first light guide body.

2. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index of the second light guide body and the refractive index of the first light guide body is between 0.03 and 0.4.

3. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the bottom plane of each of the recesses is substantially parallel to the light incident plane and the specific value calculated by dividing the width of the bottom plane of each of the recesses by the depth of the same recess is between 0.1 and 10.

4. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the recesses further has two opposite side surfaces, and the bottom plane of each of the recesses connects the two side surfaces of the same recess.

5. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the side surfaces is a flat surface, a curved surface, composed of a plurality of flat surfaces, or composed of a plurality of curved surfaces.

6. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 4, wherein the side surfaces of each of the recesses are symmetric to each other.

7. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 4, wherein the side surfaces of each of the recesses and a second cross-sectional plane intersect with each other to form a locus, the locus is two parts of a parabola, the second cross-sectional plane is substantially perpendicular to the light emitting plane and the light incident plane, and the bottom plane of each of the recesses passes the focus of the corresponding parabola.

8. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the recesses is a groove and extends in a second direction substantially parallel to the light incident plane.

9. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 8, wherein an interval is defined between each two adjacent recesses, and the intervals decrease gradually in a third direction away from the light incident plane.

10. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the recesses is a hole, a plurality of recess groups are composed of the recesses, and the recesses of each of the recess groups are arranged in a second direction substantially parallel to the light incident plane.

11. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 10, wherein an interval is defined between each two adjacent recess groups, and the intervals decrease gradually in a third direction away from the light incident plane.

12. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the recesses further has a side surface encircling the bottom plane of the same recess, the side surface of each of the recesses is a part of a right circular conical surface, a part of a circular paraboloid or a part of a spheroid, and the bottom plane of each of the recesses is substantially perpendicular to a symmetry axis of the side surface of the same recess.

13. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 12, wherein the side surface of each of the recesses is a part of the circular paraboloid, and the bottom plane of each of the recesses passes the focus of the corresponding circular paraboloid.

14. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first light guide body is a plate-shaped light guide body and the second light guide body is a plate-shaped light guide body.

15. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 14, wherein the specific value calculated by dividing the terminal thickness of the first light guide body by the terminal thickness of the second light guide body is between 10 and 100.

16. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first light guide body is a wedge-shaped light guide body, and the second light guide body is a plate-shaped light guide body.

17. The light guide plate as claimed in claim 16, wherein of the specific value calculated by dividing the maximum terminal thickness of the first light guide body by the terminal thickness of the second light guide body is between 10 and 100, and the specific value calculated by dividing the minimum terminal thickness of the first light guide body by the terminal thickness of the second light guide body is between 3 and 30.

18. A backlight module comprising:

a light guide plate comprising;

a first light guide body comprising a light incident plane, a first connection surface, and a plurality of recesses, wherein the recesses are disposed on the first connection surface, and each of the recesses has a bottom plane, and the light incident plane intersects with the first connection surface; and

a second light guide body comprising a light emitting plane, a second connection surface, and a plurality of protrusions, wherein the light emitting plane is opposite to the second connection surface, the first connection surface contacts the second connection surface, the bottom plane of each of the recesses is substantially parallel to the light emitting plane, the protrusions are disposed on the second connection surface and fill the recesses respectively, a plurality of first cross-sectional planes of each of the protrusions substantially parallel to the light emitting plane decrease gradually in a first direction towards the bottom plane of the corresponding recess, the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the light emitting plane, and a terminal thickness of the second light guide body is less than a terminal thickness of the first light guide body and the refractive index of the second light guide body is greater than the refractive index of the first light guide body; and

a light source disposed beside the light incident plane.

19. The backlight module as claimed in claim 18, wherein the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index of the second light guide body and the refractive index of the first light guide body is between 0.03 and 0.4.

20. The backlight module as claimed in claim 18, wherein the length of the bottom plane of each of the recesses is substantially parallel to the light incident plane and the specific value calculated by dividing the width of the bottom plane of each of the recesses by the depth of the same recess is between 0.1 and 10.