Guide plate, surface light source device of side light type and liquid crystal display
US6568819B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/0053
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A guide plate having an emission face for light-output, a back face and an incidence end face for light-input is improved. The emission face is provided with a plurality of projections each of which includes a blunt top portion. The projections have shapes such as like domes or like ridges. Each dome-like projection has a diameter ranging, for example, from 50 &mgr;m to 200 &mgr;m and has a height ranging, for example, from 0.1 &mgr;m to 50 &mgr;m. The dome-like projections distribute with density such that one or more projections are allocated, for example, per box of 0.5 mm×0.5 mm. Ridge-like projections run so as to have a crossing angle, for example, 60 degrees or more with respect to the incidence end face. Ratio of repetition pitch of the ridge-like projections to their height falls within a range, for example, from 5000:1 to 1:1. Height of each ridge-like projection may fall within a range from 1 &mgr;m to 100 &mgr;m. The emission face may be further provided with light scattering pattern consisting of a plurality of scattering elements to scatter illumination light. The improved guide plate is employed in a surface light source device of side light type. The surface l…
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