Backlighting device
US6144424A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S385/901
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To achieve a backlighting device having excellent light utilization, there is provided an edge lighting-type backlight having a light guiding member, a high-refractive-index layer formed thereon and having a higher refractive index than the light guiding member, and a scattering layer formed on the high-refractive-index layer. Light from a light source disposed facing the edge of the light guiding member enters the high-refractive-index layer through the light guiding member, and effectively scatters scatterers to produce high brightness, and furthermore, to achieve a color display device that eliminates color mixing in a transparent display device for decorative or various display uses, a construction is provided in which on one surface of a light guiding plate there are formed a high-refractive-index layer having a higher refractive index than the light guiding plate, a light scattering layer, and a low-refractive-index layer having a lower refractive index than the light guiding plate, one on top of another in this order, and on-top of that structure another light guiding plate is provided, on top of which a high-refractive-index layer and a light scattering layer are likewise f…
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