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Liquid crystal display using a plurality of light adjusting sheets angled at 5 degrees or more

US5394255A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 26, 1993
Grant dateFeb 28, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0053
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light adjusting sheet for a planar lighting device includes a plurality of convex and concave streaks arranged alternately and approximately parallel to each other on one surface. The streaks may have a cross section of a sine curve. Another light adjusting sheet consists of a plurality of single sheets each having the above configulation, stacked together. A planar lighting device includes the light adjusting sheet of the above configulation, wherein peak lines of the convex streaks and bottom lines of the concave streaks are arranged to make a predetermined angle with an axis of a linear light source. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display element placed on front of the planar lighting device of the above configulation.

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