Directional backlight
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1. A light source array parallel connection assembly for a directional backlight, the assembly comprising:
- a mounting strip including an electrical insulator layer extending in a lateral direction, the mounting strip including an end portion and a base portion;
an array of light sources mounted to the end portion of the mounting strip arrayed in said lateral direction, and arranged to output light in a forward direction;
separate conductive tracks connected to each respective light source formed on the electrical insulator layer of the mounting strip and extending from the end portion onto the base portion; and
plural flat connectors, each comprising an array of separate conductive tracks, the flat connectors being mounted in a stack on the base portion of the mounting strip, each conductive track on the mounting strip being electrically connected to a respective conductive track of one of the flat connectors, the flat connectors extending in said lateral direction along the base portion to outside the base portion, allowing electrical connection to be made to the conductive tracks of the flat connectors outside the base portion.
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Abstract
An electrical connection assembly for a directional display comprising a directional backlight may include stack of flat connectors and a strip comprising an end portion with an array of light sources and a base portion with an array of connectors. The end portion and base portion may be shaped so that the base portion extends outwardly from the end portion. Light sources of the directional display may be individually addressable by means of a highly compact arrangement of connections, achieving low thickness and small bezel width.
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1. A light source array parallel connection assembly for a directional backlight, the assembly comprising:
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a mounting strip including an electrical insulator layer extending in a lateral direction, the mounting strip including an end portion and a base portion; an array of light sources mounted to the end portion of the mounting strip arrayed in said lateral direction, and arranged to output light in a forward direction; separate conductive tracks connected to each respective light source formed on the electrical insulator layer of the mounting strip and extending from the end portion onto the base portion; and plural flat connectors, each comprising an array of separate conductive tracks, the flat connectors being mounted in a stack on the base portion of the mounting strip, each conductive track on the mounting strip being electrically connected to a respective conductive track of one of the flat connectors, the flat connectors extending in said lateral direction along the base portion to outside the base portion, allowing electrical connection to be made to the conductive tracks of the flat connectors outside the base portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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