Bottom lighting backlight module having uniform illumination and process for manufacturing the same

• US 7,374,312 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2005
• Issued: 05/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China), Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Feng, Chih-Hua, Lu, Mao-Hong
• Primary Examiner(s): Quach-Lee; Y. My
• Application Number:
  US11/143,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20060133062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 362/29, 362/30, 362/223, 362/244, 362/245, 362/246, 362/307, 362/308, 362/311, 362/327, 362/330, 362/600, 362/606, 362/607, 362/614
• US Class Current: 362/246
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133504 Diffusing, scattering, diffracting elements associated to illuminating devices G02F1/133606
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133507 Films for enhancing the luminance
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133606 including a specially adapted diffusing, scattering or light controlling members
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133607 the light controlling member including light directing or refracting elements, e.g. prisms or lenses

Abstract

The present invention provides a bottom lighting backlight module comprising: a light reflecting plate, a plurality of light sources such as lamp and LED; and a diffusion sheet; wherein said diffusion sheet has an excavated structure of shape with cross-section of an inverted triangle having a specific apex angle ranging from 110 degrees to 130 degrees. Some of the light incident on the excavated structure inside the diffusion sheet can be totally reflected and redirected sideways, so that it is possible to reduce the local brightness for area around each light source but significantly improve the evenness of brightness for the whole module.

Claims

1. A bottom lighting backlight module comprising a plurality of light sources (3) and a wedge-shaped diffusion sheet (2′

);

wherein said diffusion sheet (2′

) has an excavated structure (5) of shape with cross-section of an inverted triangle having a specific apex angle (10) ranging from 110 degrees to 130 degrees, some of the light emitted from light source (3) that enter the excavated area inside the diffusion sheet (2′

) can be totally reflected and redirected toward both sides by said excavated structure (5), so that it is possible to reduce the local brightness for area around each light source (3) but significantly improve the evenness of brightness for the whole module (4).

2. The bottom lighting backlight module as set forth in claim 1, wherein said backlight module (4) further comprises a light reflecting plate (1) beneath light sources (3).

3. The bottom lighting backlight module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the brightness evenness of the entire module (4) is at least 85% and preferably more than 90%.

4. A process for manufacturing the bottom lighting backlight module as set forth in claim 1 comprises a step of cutting inclined troughs (11) from a wedge shaped plate to form a plate (8) and a step of covering a parallel plate (9) on top of said plate (8) to complete said diffusion sheet.

5. The bottom lighting backlight module as set forth in claim 1, wherein said specific apex angle is 120 degrees.