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Light guide device, light source device, and liquid crystal display device

US5799126A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 1995
Grant dateAug 25, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S385/901
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a light guide device which can emit light rays of high directivity with high efficiency irrespective of incident angles, and a light source device using the light guide device which can provide light rays of high directivity with high efficiency irrespective of emitting characteristics of light source lamps, and a liquid crystal display device which is small-sized and can display at very high luminance and is free from color tone changes depending on visual angles over a wide field angle.

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