Backlight module having a first diffuser with a haze ratio which gradually increases along two directions extending to a central region of the first diffuser and a second diffuser with a haze ratio gradually decreasing away from the light source and liquid crystal display having the same

• US 7,834,954 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2008
• Issued: 11/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Original Assignee: Innocom Technology Limited, InnoLux Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Li-Chun, Pan, Chun-Yun, Jing, Xiao-Hong, Fang, Chien-Chung
• Primary Examiner(s): Schechter; Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim; Dennis Y.
• Application Number:
  US12/082,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20080252817A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 349/64
• US Class Current: 349/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0051 Diffusing sheet or layer

Abstract

A liquid crystal display (2) includes a liquid crystal panel (29); a backlight module (20) providing light beams to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate (23) having at least one light incident surface (231), and a light emitting surface (232) adjoining the at least one light incident surface; at least one light source (21) disposed adjacent to the at least one light incident surface; a prism sheet (25) disposed at the light emitting surface for converging light beams; and a first diffuser (26) disposed at the prism sheet for scattering the light beams therethrough. A haze ratio of the first diffuser changes according to the brightness differentia over a brightness distribution of the prism sheet for attaining a substantially uniform surface light beams output.

Claims

1. A backlight module, comprising:

a light guide plate comprising one light incident surface, and a light emitting surface adjoining the light incident surface;

one light source disposed adjacent to the light incident surface, the light source capable of emitting light;

a prism sheet disposed above the light emitting surface for converging the light beams;

a first diffuser disposed above the prism sheet for scattering the light beams, and comprising two first opposite sides and two second opposite sides that are connected to the two first opposite sides; and

a second diffuser disposed above the light guide plate and below the prism sheet for scattering the light beams;

wherein a haze ratio of the second diffuser gradually decreases along a direction extending away from the light source according to a brightness distribution of the light guide plate, and a haze ratio of the first diffuser gradually increases along two directions extending from each first opposite side to a central region of the first diffuser, and remains the same along two directions extending from each second opposite side to the central region of the first diffuser.

2. The backlight module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second diffusers respectively comprise a diffusing layer, an electrostatic prevention layer, and a substrate layer between the diffusing layer and the electrostatic prevention layer, the diffusing layer comprising a plurality of spherical particles doped therein.

3. The backlight module as claimed in claim 2, wherein a distribution density of the spherical particles determines the haze ratios of the first and the second diffusers.

4. The backlight module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the diameters of the plurality of spherical particles are in the range from 5 μ

m to 30 μ

m.

5. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a liquid crystal panel; and

a backlight module providing light beams to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight module comprising;

a light guide plate comprising one light incident surface, and a light emitting surface adjoining the light incident surface;

one light source disposed adjacent to the light incident surface, the light source capable of emitting light;

a prism sheet disposed above the light emitting surface for converging the light beams;

a first diffuser disposed above the prism sheet for scattering the light beams, and comprising two first opposite sides and two second opposite sides that are connected to the two first opposite sides; and

a second diffuser disposed above the light guide plate and below the prism sheet for scattering the light beams;

wherein a haze ratio of the second diffuser decreases along a direction extending away from the light source according to a brightness distribution of the light guide plate, and a haze ratio of the first diffuser gradually increases along two directions extending from each first opposite side to a central region of the first diffuser, and remains the same along two directions extending from each second opposite side to the central region of the first diffuser.

6. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and the second diffusers respectively comprise a diffusing layer, an electrostatic prevention layer, and a substrate layer between the diffusing layer and the electrostatic prevention layer, the diffusing layer comprising a plurality of spherical particles doped therein.

7. A backlight module, comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a light incident surface;

a light source positioned opposite the light incident surface for emitting light into the light incident surface;

a first diffuser positioned over the light guide plate for scattering the light beams emitted from the light guide plate;

a prism sheet positioned over the first diffuser for converging the light beams emitted from the first diffuser; and

a second diffuser positioned over the prism sheet for scattering the light beams emitted from the prism sheet, and comprising two first opposite sides and two second opposite sides that are connected to the two first opposite sides;

wherein a haze ratio of the first diffuser gradually decreases along a direction extending away from the light source according to a brightness distribution of the light guide plate, and a haze ratio of the second diffuser gradually increases along two directions extending from each first opposite side to a central region of the second diffuser, and remains the same along two directions extending from each second opposite side to the central region of the second diffuser.

8. The backlight module as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of the first and second diffusers comprises a diffusing layer, an electrostatic prevention layer, and a substrate layer between the diffusing layer and the electrostatic prevention layer, the diffusing layer comprising a plurality of spherical particles doped therein.

9. The backlight module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the diameters of the plurality of spherical particles are in the range from 5 μ

m to 30 μ

m.