EDGE-LIT BACKLIGHT MODULE

• US 20140192557A1
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Unity OPTO Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Unity OPTO Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: LU, KO-WEI, LIN, WEI-CHUNG, CHEN, CHUN-HUNG, WHANG, JONG-WOEI, CHAO, SHIH-MIN, CHEN, GUAN-WEI, HO, YU-HAN, CHEN, YING-CHIA
• Application Number:
  US13/773,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20140192557A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/612
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/14 Arrangements of reflectors therein
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/18 Edge-illuminated signs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2013/147 plane reflectors
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2013/222 with LEDs

Abstract

Disclosed is an edge-lit backlight module having a rectangular back panel with a reflective microstructure, and a first light portion with an inclined plane or a camber is provided for reflecting lights emitted from a plurality of LEDs and with a relatively smaller normal included angle, and a second light portion is provided for reflecting a light with a slightly greater included angle, and a third light portion is provided for reflecting the light with the greatest included angle to guide lights of different intensities to different paths and project the lights to every position of a front panel, so as to achieve a light extraction efficiency with a uniform distribution of luminous intensity of an LED light source.

Claims

1. An edge-lit backlight module, comprising a back panel in a rectangular shape, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a front panel, wherein the LEDs are symmetrically arranged on two opposite sides of the back panel, and the front panel is covered on the back panel and the LEDs, and a light path of an emitted light of each LED and a normal form an included angle between 0°

˜

90°

which is divided sequentially into a first angular zone, a second angular zone and a third angular zone, such that lights emitted from the LEDs are projected directly and reflected from the back panel onto the front panel to provide a light extraction efficiency with a uniform luminous intensity, characterized in that the back panel has a first light portion, a second light portion and a third light portion sequentially arranged from a center position of the back panel towards two opposite sides of the back panel, and the first light portion, the second light portion and the third light portion are inclined planes or cambers for reflecting light in the first angular zone, light in the second angular zone and light in the third angular zone respectively.

2. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein when the back panel is divided from a center line into left and right sides respectively, the first light portion and the second light portion on a side are tilted in a same tilt direction and opposite to a tilt direction of the third light portion.

3. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein when the first light portion, the second light portion and the third light portion are inclined planes and have a first slope m1, a second slope m2 and a third slope m3 respectively, the first slope m1 has an absolute value within a range of 0.01˜

1.00 slope unit to reflect the light in the first angular zone, and the second slope m2 has an absolute value within a range of 0.01˜

0.50 slope unit to reflect the light in the second angular zone, and the third slope m3 has an absolute value within a range of 0.01˜

1.20 slope unit to reflect the light in the third angular zone.

4. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 3, wherein when the back panel is divided from a center line into left and right sides respectively, the first light portion and the second light portion on a side are tilted in a same tilt direction and opposite to a tilt direction of the third light portion.

5. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein when the first light portion, the second light portion and the third light portion are circular cambers and have a first radius r1, a second radius r2 and a third radius r3 respectively, and the first radius r1 falls within a range of 5˜

70 mm to reflects the light in the first angular zone, and the second radius r2 falls within a range of 10˜

80 mm to reflect the light in the second angular zone, and the third radius r3 falls within a range of 20˜

125 mm to reflect the light in the third angular zone.

6. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 5, wherein when the back panel is divided from a center line into left and right sides respectively, the first light portion and the second light portion on a side are tilted in a same tilt direction and opposite to a tilt direction of the third light portion.

7. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein when the first light portion, the second light portion and the third light portion are parabolic cambers and have a first focal length c1, a second focal length c2 and a third focal length c3 respectively, the first focal length c1 falls within a range of 3699˜

1304 mm to reflect the light in the first angular zone, and the second focal length c2 falls within a range of 3699˜

1635 mm to reflect the light in the second angular zone, and the third focal length c3 falls within a range of 3699˜

847.5 mm to reflect the light in the third angular zone.

8. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 7, wherein when the back panel is divided from a center line into left and right sides respectively, the first light portion and the second light portion on a side are tilted in a same tilt direction and opposite to a tilt direction of the third light portion.

9. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein when the first light portion, the second light portion and the third light portion are elliptical cambers and have a first long axis a1 and a first short axis b1, a second long axis a2 and a second short axis b2 and a third long axis a3 and a third short axis b3 respectively, the first long axis a1 equals to 3.9 mm and the first short axis b1 falls within a range of 0.18˜

1.27 mm to reflect the light in the first angular zone, and the second long axis a2 equals to 10 mm and the second short axis b2 falls within a range of 0.01˜

0.18 mm to reflect the light in the second angular zone, and the third long axis a3 equals to 20 mm and the third short axis b3 falls within a range of 0.01˜

10 mm to reflect the light in the third angular zone.

10. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 9, wherein when the back panel is divided from a center line into left and right sides respectively, the first light portion and the second light portion on a side are tilted in a same tilt direction and opposite to a tilt direction of the third light portion.

11. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein the back panel has a reflective plate attached thereon and made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or metal, or the back panel has a reflective layer formed by a vapor deposition of metal for enhancing the reflection of emitted lights of the LEDs.

12. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, wherein the front panel includes a baffle installed on two opposite sides of the front panel separately and made of plastic, black paint, light absorbent tape or metal.

13. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 12, wherein the baffle is perpendicularly extended towards the back panel to form a blocking portion for blocking emitted lights of the LEDs directly projected on the front panel.

14. The edge-lit backlight module of claim 1, further comprising a light guide film covered onto the back panel and disposed under the front panel for enhancing the guidance of the light path of the emitted lights of the LEDs to further improve the light extraction efficiency with the uniform luminous intensity, and the light guide film has a plurality of cylindrical microstructures formed on an upper surface of the light guide film and a plurality of triangular pyramid microstructures formed on a lower surface of the light guide film, and the light guide film comprises four optical films stacked on one another, and the optical films are at least one selected from the group consisting of a brightness enhancement film, a diffusion film or a combination thereof