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Display system with distributed LED backlight

US8104911B2 · kind B2 · utility

10Cited by

8References

46Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael D. Hillman · Los Altos, US
Gregory L. Tice · Los Altos, US
William Sauway Law · San Francisco, US
Sean Bailey · San Francisco, US
Ann Torres · San Francisco, US
Efrain Alcorta · San Francisco, US
Perry Anderson · Kensington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2008
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02F1/133628
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.

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