Systems for providing backlight module with stacked light source

• US 7,364,338 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Issued: 04/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Original Assignee: TPO Displays Corporation (InnoLux Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Chi-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Payne; Sharon E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALLEN, DANIELLE NICOLE
• Application Number:
  US11/392,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20070230215A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 362/612
• 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 6/0068 Arrangements of plural sources, e.g. multi-colour light sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

A system for providing a backlight module has a light guide plate and at least a light source set positioned adjacent to the incident surface. The light source set contains a plurality of light sources stacking along a direction parallel with the incident surface of the light guide plate.

Claims

1. A system for providing a backlight module with stacked light sources comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a incident surface; and

at least a light source set positioned adjacent to the light guide plate, the light source set comprising a plurality of light sources stacked along a direction parallel to the incident surface of the light guide plate, each of the light sources comprising a top plane perpendicular to the incident surface, and the light sources being rotationally disposed along an axis parallel with the normal of the top planes.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the divergence angle of the light source set is larger than the divergence angle of each of the light sources.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of top planes has a geometric center, the geometric centers of the light sources being overlapped with each other.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the top planes has a geometric center, the light sources being partially overlapped so that the geometric centers of the light sources are not overlapped with each other.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein an overall area of the emitting areas of all the light sources of the light source set has an overall divergence angle of about 180 °

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6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the backlight module comprises two of the light source sets side by side on the incident surface, an overall area of the emitting areas of one of the light source sets partially overlaps an overall area of the emitting areas of another one of the light source sets.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light guide plate comprises a depression for positioning the light source set.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of the light sources comprises a curved light-emitting plane, and the depression is cured along the curved light-emitting planes of the light source.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the light sources is fixed on a light source base, and the light guide plate comprises at least a seam for disposing one of the light source bases.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the light guide plate further comprises at least a light source seat for disposing the light source set, the light source seat comprises two protrusions and a depression positioned between the two protrusions, and the seam is located in the protrusions.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the incident surface has a thickness, and the total height of the stacked light sources is less than or equal to the thickness of the incident surface.

12. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system further comprises:

a display device comprising the backlight module; and

a controller coupled to the backlight module, the controller being operative to control the backlight module.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the system further comprises an electronic device comprising the display device, and the electronic device is a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a digital camera, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a desktop computer, a television, a car display or a portable DVD player.

14. A system for providing a backlight module comprising:

a light guide plate comprising an incident surface and an emitting surface adjacent to the incident surface; and

an array of light source set positioned with respect to an overall edge of the light guide plate, the light source set comprising a plurality of light sources positioned at various height along a direction parallel to the incident surface, and the light sources being rotationally disposed along an axis parallel with the normal of the emitting surface.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein some of the light sources are stacked along the normal of the emitting surface.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the stacked light sources are partially overlapped.

17. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the light guide plate further comprises at least a light source seat for positioning the light sources.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the light source seat comprises a depression and at least a protrusion at the incident surface.