Embodiment
In carrying out research process of the present invention, the inventor finds that versicolor light is to the contribution difference of overall brightness under the different grey-scale.
Based on above-mentioned discovery, the inventor has proposed module backlight of the present invention and LCD.Module backlight of the present invention comprises backlight and light guide plate, wherein, the path that the light of the setpoint color that backlight sends is propagated is provided with polarizing component, polarizing component is between backlight and light guide plate, and polarizing component is used for polarization and is adjusted to the light of small part setpoint color for setting the linearly polarized light of polarization direction.Technical scheme of the present invention adopts polarizing component to adjust the polarization characteristic of the light of a part of particular color, make the direction of vibration light parallel with the polarization direction of polarizing component pass through polarizing component, light after the polarization adjustment is to have the linearly polarized light of setting the polarization direction, can have an acute angle by polarization direction and this setting polarization direction of polaroid under arranging in the LCD, make the partial line polarized light can't pass through polaroid down, namely this setpoint color light Central Plains originally can be by polaroid under the light of polaroid can't pass through after adjusting down, the light intensity that goes out of this color light is weakened, in conjunction with these discoveries of contribution difference to brightness under different grey-scale of particular color light, the emitting brightness of backlight under the minimal gray level is reduced, thereby improve the contrast of display, improve display effect.
Specific implementation of the present invention has multiple, also by reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention is described in further detail below by specific embodiment.
Module first embodiment backlight
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the present invention module first embodiment backlight.In the present embodiment, module backlight comprises backlight 14, light guide plate 11, reflecting plate and optical film 12.Present embodiment is that example describes with the structure that light guide plate 11 both sides arrange backlight 14 specifically, and the back light module unit structure that one-sided or downside arranges backlight 14 in light guide plate 11 similarly.Concrete, reflecting plate can comprise reflected bottom plate 13 and reflection side plate 15, optical film 12 can arrange as required, is typically to comprise diffusion sheet, prismatic lens and last diffusion sheet down.Module backlight can also comprise the plastic frame of fixing these functional parts.Wherein, the path that the light of the setpoint color that backlight 14 sends is propagated is provided with polarizing component 60, polarizing component 60 is between backlight 14 and light guide plate 11, and polarizing component 60 is to have the linearly polarized light of setting the polarization direction for the light that polarization is adjusted to this setpoint color of small part.In the present embodiment, selecting blue is to carry out the setpoint color that polarization is adjusted, and the polarization direction of 60 pairs of blue rays of polarizing component is adjusted.
In the present embodiment, above-mentioned backlight is specially the light source that sends blue ray, for example is a blue led 141, also comprises a plurality of light sources that send other color light in the module backlight, for example also comprises red LED 142 and green LED 143, constitutes led array.Module backlight in the present embodiment is the sidelight form, and led array all is arranged on the side of light guide plate 11.Polarizing component 60 is arranged on the path that blue ray propagates, and specifically can be arranged between blue led 141 and the light guide plate 11, and for avoiding influencing other color light, polarizing component 60 preferably contiguous blue led 141 arranges.
Further, polarizing component 60 can be a polarizing coating, can plate on the part surface that is located on the light guide plate 11, and polarizing coating is established in the part plating that for example is roughly blue ray incident in light guide plate 11 sides.Perhaps also the polarizing coating plating can be located on the part or all of surface of blue led 141, preferably only plating is located on the part surface, to guarantee that enough blue ray outgoing are finally arranged, avoids other display performances reductions such as colourity.The area size that polarizing component 60 is established in blue led 141 platings can change the ratio that blue ray is polarized adjustment.
Fig. 3 is the optical schematic diagram among the present invention module first embodiment backlight, the course of work of present embodiment module backlight is as follows: LED of all kinds sends red light R, blue ray B and green light G respectively, the blue ray B that blue led 141 sends need pass through polarizing component 60, as everyone knows, light can be decomposed into two parts light with vertical and horizontal polarization direction, then after the polarization of polarizing component 60 was adjusted, the orthogonal polarized light Bo of blue ray and horizontal polarization light Be only had part can pass through polarizing component 60; Finish in the space between led array and the light guide plate 11 through the blue ray after the polarizing component 60 polarization adjustment and other color light and to mix, generally have air dielectric in this space, the light that is conducive to different refractivity carries out the scattering mixing therein; Incide in the light guide plate 11 through mixed light, again through optical film 12 outgoing, perhaps also can set up mixed light element 80 respectively in the both sides of light guide plate 11 light incidents, a cavity for example, wherein be filled with can scattered beam medium, make the mixing of light more abundant, this cavity can be the through hole that is opened in light guide plate 11 sides; In the light of outgoing, the light identical with the polarization direction of following polaroid 50 enters liquid crystal panel 20 through the following polaroid 50 of LCD, after liquid crystal molecule reverses from upper polarizer 40 outgoing.For guaranteeing to have the part blue ray can be by polaroid 50 down, should make down the polarization direction of the polarization direction of polaroid 50 and polarizing component 60 roughly the same or have one greater than 0 angle of spending.Through the adjustment of above-mentioned polarizing component 60, part can will be filtered by the blue ray of following polaroid 50 originally, and then the light intensity that goes out of blue light reduces.
The LCD that adopts present embodiment module backlight is carried out experimental test, Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram of blue light light intensity under the minimal gray level in the existing module backlight, Fig. 5 is the synoptic diagram of blue light light intensity under the minimal gray level among the present invention module first embodiment backlight, among Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, transverse axis is the wavelength value of light, and unit is nanometer (nm), and vertical pivot is the spectral radiance value, unit is candela (cd), and the wavelength of blue light light is approximately the 400-500 nanometer.Comparison diagram 4 and Fig. 5 are as can be known, the distribution of blue ray spectral radiance and size are different before regulating, when adopting present embodiment module backlight, the blue light light intensity that records under the L0 gray level has the first mate to reduce than prior art, first peak value of contrast blue spectrum radiation intensity, peak value is reduced to 0.03cd from 0.17cd.
Fig. 6 for the brightness ratio of maximum gray shade scale in the present invention module first embodiment backlight and the prior art than synoptic diagram, Fig. 7 is the contrast comparison synoptic diagram of maximum gray shade scale in the present invention module first embodiment backlight and the prior art.For the LCD overall display luminance, to compare with existing module backlight, the brightness size variation is little, can not influence the luminance index under the normal demonstration, but contrast is greatly improved.
The module backlight of present embodiment can be set the different polarization direction of polarizing component and adjust the polarization direction that has behind the blue ray polarization according to the requirement of actual contrast.When the polarizing coating that adopts plating to establish, only need to change plating and establish technological parameter and can adjust value partially, be simple and easy to realization.
Adopt the module backlight of present embodiment, by filtering out the part blue ray, the brightness of module backlight in the time of can reducing the minimal gray level is because blue ray is to the contribution difference of overall brightness under the different grey-scale, so the brightness influence of module backlight is little during to maximum gray scale.Therefore, according to the computing formula of contrast, the contrast of display can be improved, and display effect improves, and can obtain more excellent picture quality.
Module second embodiment backlight
Fig. 8 is the structural representation of the present invention module second embodiment backlight, and in the present embodiment, setpoint color be blue, and be with the difference of above-mentioned first embodiment: the backlight 14 in the present embodiment is the light source that sends white light, for example CCFL fluorescent tube; On the path that white light is propagated, also be provided with beam splitter 70, beam splitter 70 is between backlight 14 and polarizing component 60, be used for isolating from white light the light of setpoint color, the light of setpoint color carries out the polarization adjustment by polarizing component 60 more subsequently.
Beam splitter 70 is specifically as follows the prism that adopts resin material with high index to make, because the light of different colours has different refractive indexes, so prism can be separated into white light versicolor light.This prism is strip shape body, and the shape of cross section of strip shape body is triangle.Backlight 14 is the bar shaped fluorescent tube, is arranged on a side of prism, and the tip of adjacent prisms arranges.In the present embodiment, every side of light guide plate 11 includes two tubulose backlights 14, corresponding have two quadrant prisms, xsect is two Tps that tetragonal prism can be regarded as the minute surface symmetry, two Tps are one group, its bottom is adjacent, and two groups of prisms are set up in parallel, and tubulose backlight 14 lays respectively between two prism tips arranged side by side.Polarizing component 60 is arranged on the opposite side of prism, and between backlight 14 and light guide plate 11, and the bottom of adjacent triangle prism arranges, and namely is equivalent to the middle part of contiguous quadrant prism, as the polarizing component 60 in left side among Fig. 8.This polarizing component 60 preferably is polarizing coating, and plating is located at the position that beam splitter 70 reflects blue ray.Because the refractive index of blue ray is bigger, therefore most of bottom outgoing from prism, so polarizing component 60 preferably plates on the surface that is located at the prism bottom, shown in the polarizing component 60 on right side among Fig. 8, in concrete the application, the polarizing component 60 of both sides is normally adopted in a like fashion, so that the incident ray symmetry.Perhaps, polarizing component 60 also can plate on the relevant position that is located at light guide plate 11, i.e. the approximate location of blue ray incident on light guide plate 11.
In concrete the application, beam splitter is not limited to be prism, can also be spectro-film, plating is located on the backlight or plating is located on the polarizing component, also can plate on other elements that are located in the module backlight, as long as guarantee the optical propagation path of beam splitter between backlight and polarizing component.
Breakage can also take place to prevent backlight as the supporting construction of backlight in the beam splitter in the present embodiment in impacting than big bang.
In the module backlight of present embodiment, also comprise mixed light element 80, mixed light element 80 is arranged on the side of light guide plate 11 light incidents, is used for mixing the light of other colors and the blue ray after the polarization adjustment.This mixed light element 80 is specifically as follows a cavity, wherein be filled with the medium for scattered beam, air for example, perhaps this mixed light element 80 can be conducive to the material that different refractivity light mixes for other, this mixed light element 80 can be for being opened in the through hole in light guide plate 11 sides, and optical schematic diagram can be referring to Fig. 3.
Technique scheme of the present invention, utilized blue ray to the bigger principle of minimal gray level brightness influence, therefore, by filtering out a part of blue ray, can obviously reduce the brightness of backlight under the minimal gray level, and to little than the influence of brightness under the high grade grey level, so the contrast of LCD can be improved, display effect can improve, for example, and when backlight CCFL current I
BDuring for the operate as normal value, I for example
B=7 MAHs, contrast can improve 30%.The method that the present invention improves contrast is simple, with low cost, is easy to apply.
LCD embodiment
LCD embodiment of the present invention can comprise the module backlight of the arbitrary embodiment of the present invention, and this LCD also comprises upper polarizer, liquid crystal panel, following polaroid and metal edge frame, wherein: the light of setpoint color has an angle between the polarization direction of the setting polarization direction after the adjustment of polarizing component polarization and following polaroid, be to have an angle between the polarization direction of the polarization direction of polarizing component and following polaroid, this angle is preferably greater than 0 degree.If polarizing component carries out the polarization adjustment to the light of whole setpoint colors, then this angle should be further less than 90 degree.By adjusting the corner dimension between the polarization direction on polarizing component and the following polaroid, can adjust setpoint color light, for example the ratio that is filtered of blue ray.The LCD of present embodiment has adopted module backlight of the present invention, can for example filter out the part blue ray by filtering out the light of part setpoint color, makes module backlight change different in the brightness of each gray level.Since blue ray go out light intensity to the brightness contribution maximum under the minimal gray level, so reduce the light intensity that of blue ray, can reduce the brightness under the minimal gray level, improve the contrast of LCD, improve display effect.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that aforementioned each embodiment puts down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.