BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20180107064A1
• Filed: 05/10/2016
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: BAI, Bai
• Application Number:
  US15/112,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20180107064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0025 Diffusing sheet or layer; Prismatic sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0056 for producing polarisation effects, e.g. by a surface with polarizing properties or by an additional polarizing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133528 Polarisers
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133548 Wire-grid polarisers
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133603 with LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133614 using photoluminescence, e.g. phosphors illuminated by UV or blue light
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133615 Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side

Abstract

The present application discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device, the application utilizes a metal wire grid polarizing film instead of the rear polarizer, and an additional layer of quarter-wave plate is deposited on the reflective sheet. The light emitted from the light source and passed into the metal wire grid polarizing film, the light component perpendicular to the metal wire grid is effectively utilized, the light components parallel to the metal wire grid is reflected into the quarter-wave plate, the reflected light is converted into circularly polarized light by the quarter wave plate, after reflected by the reflective sheet, the direction of the circularly polarized light is reversed, the reversed circularly polarized light is further pass the quarter wave plate and into a polarized light perpendicular to the metal wire grid

Claims

1. A backlight module, comprising

a light guide plate having a light incident surface, a light emitting surface and a reflective surface respectively connected to the light incident surface and opposite to each other;

a light source provided adjacent to the light incident surface, and the light source having a blue LED, red quantum dots and green quantum dots, the light emitted from the blue LED is mixed with the red quantum dots and green quantum dots to form white light;

a diffusion sheet provided adjacent to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate;

a metal wire grid polarizing film disposed on a side of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, and the diffusion sheet is disposed between the light guide plate and the metal wire grid polarizing film;

a quarter-wave plate disposed adjacent to the reflective surface of the light guide plate, wherein the angle between the fast axis of the quarter wave plate and the direction of the metal wire grid of the metal wire grid polarizing film is 45°

; and

a reflective sheet disposed on the side of the quarter-wave plate facing away from the light guide plate.

2. The backlight module according to claim 1, wherein the red quantum dots and the green quantum dots are dispersed in a first quantum dot film and a second quantum film, wherein the first quantum dot film and a second quantum film are disposed between the blue LED and the light incident surface of the light guide plate, or disposed one the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

3. The backlight module according to claim 1, wherein the red quantum dots and the green quantum dots are dispersed in one quantum dot film, wherein the quantum dot film is disposed between the blue LED and the light incident surface of the light guide plate, or disposed one the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

5. The backlight module according to claim 1, wherein the light source further comprising a blue LED, red quantum dots and green quantum dots, the light emitted from the blue LED is mixed with the red quantum dots and green quantum dots to form white light.

6. The backlight module according to claim 5, wherein the red quantum dots and the green quantum dots are dispersed in a first quantum dot film and a second quantum film, wherein the first quantum dot film and a second quantum film are disposed between the blue LED and the light incident surface of the light guide plate, or disposed one the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

7. The backlight module according to claim 5, wherein the red quantum dots and the green quantum dots are dispersed in one quantum dot film, wherein the quantum dot film is disposed between the blue LED and the light incident surface of the light guide plate, or disposed one the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

4. A backlight module, comprising

a light guide plate having a light incident surface, a light emitting surface and a reflective surface respectively connected to the light incident surface and opposite to each other;

a light source provided adjacent to the light incident surface;

a metal wire grid polarizing film disposed on a side of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate;

a quarter-wave plate disposed adjacent to the reflective surface of the light guide plate, wherein the angle between the fast axis of the quarter wave plate and the direction of the metal wire grid of the metal wire grid polarizing film is 45°

; and

a reflective sheet disposed on the side of the quarter-wave plate facing away from the light guide plate.

8. The backlight module according to claim 4, further comprising a diffusion sheet provided adjacent to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

9. A liquid crystal display device, comprising a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module to provide light to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the backlight module further comprising:

a light guide plate having a light incident surface, a light emitting surface and a reflective surface respectively connected to the light incident surface and opposite to each other;

a light source provided adjacent to the light incident surface;

a metal wire grid polarizing film disposed on a side of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate;

a quarter-wave plate disposed adjacent to the reflective surface of the light guide plate, wherein the angle between the fast axis of the quarter wave plate and the direction of the metal wire grid of the metal wire grid polarizing film is 45°

; and

a reflective sheet disposed on the side of the quarter-wave plate facing away from the light guide plate.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate;

and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein the metal wire grid polarizing film is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and is disposed adjacent to the liquid crystal layer toward to the side of the light guide plate.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate;

and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein the second substrate is disposed adjacent the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, and the metal wire grid polarizing film is disposed between the first substrate and the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal panel further comprising a front polarizer disposed on the side of the first substrate opposite to the liquid crystal layer, the transmission axis of the front polarizer is perpendicular to the direction of the metal wire grid in the metal wire grid polarizing film.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, wherein the backlight module further comprising a diffusion sheet provided between the light guide plate and the metal wire grid polarizing film.