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Backlight module and reflector thereof

  • US 7,513,670 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2006
  • Issued: 04/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A backlight module comprising:

  • a light guide plate having a light input surface, a light output surface adjacent and perpendicular to the light input surface, and a plate reflective surface opposite to the light output surface;

    a reflecting device having a device reflective surface, the device reflective surface facing the light input surface of the light guide plate;

    a light source facing the light input surface of the light guide plate and configured for emitting light beams toward the light input surface of the light guide plate; and

    a micro reflector array comprising a plurality of micro reflectors formed on the light input surface of the light guide plate, the micro reflector array and the reflecting device being structured and arranged for cooperatively coupling a first portion of the light beams into the light input surface via any corresponding microgap and reflecting a second portion of the light beams into the light guide plate at a location distant from the light source.

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