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Light guide plate, surface light source device, polarized light source device and liquid crystal display

US5727107A · kind A · utility

133Cited by
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29Claims
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Filing dateAug 2, 1996
Grant dateMar 10, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0055
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light guide plate comprises: an outgoing radiation plane; a bottom opposed to the outgoing radiation plane; and an incidence plane disposed between the outgoing radiation plane and the bottom; wherein projections or recesses are formed on the bottom along the progress direction of incident light at a regular interval, the projections or recesses have long-side and short-side faces, an projection area of the long-side face on the outgoing radiation plane is three times or more that of the short-side face on the outgoing radiation plane, the long-side face is a projection, the long-side face is placed on the incidence plane side in the case of projections, the long-side face is placed on a side opposed to the incidence plane in the case of recesses.

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