Backlight system and LCD device using the same
US9122097B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/133607
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A backlight system (30) includes a light emitting section (31) and an imaging optical system. The imaging optical system includes a first microlens array (MLA1) and a second microlens array (MLA2). The lenses (1A) separates the beams of light emitted from the light emitting section (31) by RGB, and causes them to be converged at a pitch same as a pitch at which the picture elements are arrayed. The lenses (2A) are provided in one-to-one correspondence to the picture elements such that the lenses (2A) have their respective focal points at positions onto which beams of light having passed through the lenses (1A) are converged. The lenses (2A) thus deflect the beams of light which have passed through the lenses (1A) in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the display surface of the liquid crystal panel.
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