Summary of the invention
The invention reside in provides a kind of edge light formula backlight module, and it includes: a light guide plate (LGP) is used for incident ray is scattered to an exiting surface; One diffuser plate is arranged on the exiting surface of light guide plate, is used to spread from the emitted light of exiting surface; One reflection horizon is arranged on a reflecting surface that is positioned at the exiting surface opposite on the light guide plate, is used for reflection ray to light guide plate; And a light-emitting device, being used to launch at least one side of light to light guide plate, light-emitting device is along the light intensity of the Outboard Sections of the first axle light intensity height than inside part.
Also disclose a kind of edge light formula backlight module in the embodiments of the invention, it includes: a light-emitting device is used to produce light; One light guide plate is used for light scatter to an exiting surface with the light-emitting device generation, and wherein the reflecting surface of light guide plate is provided with a plurality of reflective graphics, uses so that the brightness of light guide plate Outboard Sections is higher than the brightness of inside part; One diffuser plate is arranged on the exiting surface of light guide plate, is used to spread from the emitted light of exiting surface; And a reflection horizon, be arranged on a reflecting surface that is positioned at the exiting surface opposite on the light guide plate, be used for reflection ray to light guide plate.
Embodiments of the invention also disclose a kind of edge light formula backlight module, and it includes: a light-emitting device is used to produce light; One light guide plate is used for light scatter to an exiting surface that light-emitting device is produced; One diffuser plate is arranged on the exiting surface of light guide plate, is used to spread from the emitted light of exiting surface, and wherein the transmittance of the Outboard Sections of diffuser plate is higher than the transmittance of its inside part; And a reflection horizon, be arranged on a reflecting surface that is positioned at the exiting surface opposite on the light guide plate, be used for reflection ray to light guide plate.
Also disclose a kind of edge light formula backlight module in the embodiments of the invention, it includes: a light guide plate is used for incident ray is scattered to an exiting surface; One diffuser plate is arranged on the exiting surface of light guide plate, is used to spread from the emitted light of exiting surface; One reflection horizon is arranged on a reflecting surface that is positioned at the exiting surface opposite on the light guide plate, is used for reflection ray to light guide plate; One light-emitting device is used to launch light to light guide plate; And a reflector plate, be arranged on the outside of light-emitting device with respect to light guide plate, be used for the light that light-emitting device produces is reflexed to light guide plate; Wherein the reflectivity of the Outboard Sections of reflector plate is than the reflectivity height of its inside part; Or the reflective surface area of Outboard Sections is bigger than the reflective surface area of inside part.
In addition, embodiments of the invention also disclose a kind of edge light formula backlight module, and it includes: a light guide plate is used for incident ray is scattered to an exiting surface; One diffuser plate is arranged on the exiting surface of light guide plate, is used to spread from the emitted light of exiting surface; One reflection horizon is arranged on a reflecting surface that is positioned at the exiting surface opposite on the light guide plate, is used for reflection ray to light guide plate; One light-emitting device is used to launch light to light guide plate; And two reflector plates, be separately positioned on the outside of light-emitting device, and, be used for the light that the light-emitting device two ends are produced is reflexed to light guide plate corresponding to the two ends of light-emitting device with respect to light guide plate.
Also disclose a kind of direct sunshine formula backlight module in the embodiments of the invention, it includes: a light-emitting device, be used to produce light, and this light-emitting device along the light intensity of the Outboard Sections of an axis than the inside part height; One diffuser plate is arranged at a side of light-emitting device, is used to spread light; And a reflection unit, being arranged at the opposite side of light-emitting device, the light that is used for light-emitting device is produced reflexes to diffuser plate.
Embodiments of the invention also disclose a kind of direct sunshine formula backlight module, and it includes: a light-emitting device is used to produce light; One diffuser plate is arranged at a side of light-emitting device, is used to spread light; And a reflection unit, being arranged on the opposite side of light-emitting device, the light that is used for that light-emitting device is produced reflexes to diffuser plate; Wherein the reflectivity of the Outboard Sections of reflection unit is than the reflectivity height of its inside part; Or the reflective surface area of Outboard Sections is bigger than the reflective surface area of inside part.
Also disclose a kind of direct sunshine formula backlight module in the embodiments of the invention, it includes: a light-emitting device is used to produce light; One diffuser plate is arranged at a side of light-emitting device, be used to spread light, and the transmittance of the Outboard Sections of diffuser plate is higher than the transmittance of its inside part; And a reflection unit, being arranged on the opposite side of light-emitting device, the light that is used for light-emitting device is produced reflexes to diffuser plate.
In order to make above-mentioned purpose of the present invention and other purpose, the more obvious easy to understand of feature and advantage,, and be described with reference to the accompanying drawings below especially exemplified by preferred embodiment.
Embodiment
As mentioned above, backlight module generally can roughly be divided into edge light formula and direct sunshine formula two big classes.Below will illustrate respectively the present invention in this two classes backlight module application and the embodiment of design.
With reference to Fig. 1, the synoptic diagram after the edge light formula backlight module 100 of its expression one embodiment of the invention is simplified.As shown in the figure, edge light formula backlight module 100 includes a light guide plate (LGP) 110; One diffuser plate 120 is arranged on the exiting surface 112 of light guide plate 110; One reflection horizon 130 is arranged on the reflecting surface 114 that is positioned at exiting surface 112 opposites on the light guide plate 110; And a light-emitting device 140, be used to launch at least one side of light to light guide plate 110.Light guide plate 110 is the incident ray scattering and the exiting surface 112 that leads, and diffuser plate 120 diffusions are from the emitted light of exiting surface 112.Be used for reflection ray to light guide plate 110 as for 130 in reflection horizon, to promote the light service efficiency of light guide plate 110.Light guide plate 110 is used the acrylic materials manufacturing usually, but is not limited thereto in practical application.In addition, the shape of light guide plate 110 can be dull and stereotyped, also can be the wedge type plate.
Fig. 2 is the light intensity distributions synoptic diagram of the light-emitting device 140 of one embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2, the light-emitting device 140 in the present embodiment is higher than the light intensity of its inside part 140C along the Outboard Sections 140A of a first axle 10 and the light intensity of 140B, to increase the received light in light guide plate 110 two ends.Like this, can make light guide plate 110 be higher than the brightness of its inside part along the brightness of the Outboard Sections of one second axis 12.In a preferred embodiment, the Luminance Distribution of light guide plate 110 will present a curvilinear motion, as a curve 16 shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of the different embodiment of light-emitting device 140 of the present invention.In fact, the fluorescent tube of an available curved shape is used as light-emitting device 140, a U type fluorescent tube 310 as shown in Figure 3, and wherein U type fluorescent tube 310 can be a cathode fluorescent tube (CCFL).The represented light-emitting device 320 of Fig. 3 is second embodiment of light-emitting device 140.In this example, light-emitting device 320 utilizes a plurality of light-emitting components 324 of formula cathode fluorescent tube (CCFL) 322 collocation always to realize that wherein these light-emitting components 324 are the light intensities that are used for strengthening light-emitting device 320 Outboard Sections.Light-emitting component 324 can be a plurality of EL cells (electro luminance, EL), a plurality of light emitting diode (LED), or both combinations.Another light-emitting device 330 among Fig. 3 is the 3rd embodiment of light-emitting device 140 of the present invention.As shown in the figure, light-emitting device 330 is made up of a plurality of light-emitting component 332.In like manner, these light-emitting components 332 can be EL cell (EL), light emitting diode (LED), or both combinations.Those skilled in the art may appreciate that,, just can make the light intensity of light-emitting device 330 Outboard Sections be higher than the light intensity of its inside part as long as suitably adjust the density degree that light-emitting component 332 is arranged.
It should be noted that light-emitting device 140 of the present invention also can utilize other design alternative to realize, and be not limited to the above embodiments.In addition, edge light formula backlight module 100 does not limit and only can use single light-emitting device 140 as light source, and it also can be designed so that with two groups or more light-emitting device as light source.
Among the embodiment in front, edge light formula backlight module 100 is the brightness that the light-emitting device 140 that utilizes the outward flange light intensity to be higher than the inward flange light intensity promotes the Outboard Sections of light guide plate 110 (or backlight module 100).In fact, edge light formula backlight module 100 also can utilize other optics mechanism design to reach same target.
For example, generally can be provided with a plurality of reflective graphics on the reflecting surface 114 of light guide plate 110, be used for destroying the condition of total reflection, make the incident ray exiting surface 112 that can lead.The present invention can be by suitably planning and design reflective graphics on the reflecting surface 114 of light guide plate 110, makes the brightness of the Outboard Sections of light guide plate 110 can be higher than the brightness of its inside part, below will be further described.
With reference to Fig. 4, an embodiment synoptic diagram of the reflective graphics on the reflecting surface 114 of its expression light guide plate 110 of the present invention.In the present embodiment, be printed with a plurality of diffusion points 410 that are used for as reflective graphics on the reflecting surface 114 of light guide plate 110.These spread the not of uniform size of point 410, and the density that distributes is also inequality.As shown in the figure, big at the diffusion point of the Outboard Sections of reflector plate 114 upper edge axis 12, arranging density is higher, Bu Fen diffusion point is then less in the inner part, arranging density is lower.Such diffusion point configuration mode can cause the brightness of the Outboard Sections of light guide plate 110 to be higher than the brightness of its inside part.
In practical application, a plurality of reflective graphics set on the reflecting surface 114 of light guide plate 110 also can be microstructures such as a plurality of microlenses or V-type cutting, and are not limited to the set diffusion point of mode of printing.By suitably planning the configuration mode of these microstructures, the brightness of Outboard Sections that can make light guide plate 110 equally is than the brightness height of its inside part.The mode of making microlens or V-type cutting on reflecting surface 114 is a known technology, so do not add to give unnecessary details at this.
In addition, also can be by changing the design of diffuser plate 120, make the brightness of backlight module 100 Outboard Sections can be higher than the brightness of its inside part.For example, in another embodiment of the present invention, setting has uneven transmittance distribution character on the diffuser plate on the exiting surface 112 120.Specifically, painstakingly diffuser plate 120 is designed to be higher than the transmittance of its inside part in the present embodiment along the transmittance of the Outboard Sections of one the 3rd axis 14, to reach purpose same as the previously described embodiments, even edge light formula backlight module 100 can be higher than the brightness of inside part along the brightness of the Outboard Sections of second axis 12 (or the 3rd axis 14) direction.
With reference to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, it represents the synoptic diagram after the different embodiment of edge of the present invention light formula backlight module simplify.Edge light formula backlight module 500 among Fig. 5 and the edge light formula backlight module among Fig. 6 600 are very similar with above-mentioned edge light formula backlight module 100.The Reference numeral components identical represents its design and function mode similar in the drawings, for simplicity in this no longer repeat specification.Below will be described further with regard to the difference of edge light formula backlight module 500,600 and edge light formula backlight module 100.
As shown in Figure 5, edge light formula backlight module 500 also light-emitting device 140 with respect to the arranged outside of light guide plate 110 reflector plate 510, be used for the light that light-emitting device 140 is produced is reflexed to light guide plate 110, to increase the light service efficiency of light guide plate 110.In the present embodiment, the reflectivity of reflector plate 510 is not uniformly, but the reflectivity of Outboard Sections is than the reflectivity height of inside part.Like this, reflector plate 510 can also make light guide plate 110 be higher than the brightness of its inside part along the brightness of the Outboard Sections of axis 12 except the light service efficiency that can increase light guide plate 110.In fact, also the reflective surface area of the Outboard Sections of reflector plate 510 can be designed to big than the reflective surface area of inside part, to reach same purpose.
In edge light formula backlight module 600, the present invention be light-emitting device 140 with respect to the arranged outside of light guide plate 110 two reflector plates 610 and 620.As shown in Figure 6, reflector plate 610 and 620 set positions correspond respectively to the two ends of light-emitting device 140, reflex to light guide plate 110 in order to the light that light-emitting device 140 two ends are produced.Those skilled in the art should understand, and reflector plate set-up mode shown in Figure 6 can make the brightness of the Outboard Sections of light guide plate 110 be higher than the brightness of its inside part equally.
Being used to of it should be noted that in the above description to be disclosed causes the different optical mechanism that the brightness of the Outboard Sections of light guide plate (or backlight module) can be high than its inside part, and the use of can arranging in pairs or groups each other in practical application also can independently operate.
As mentioned above, except above-mentioned edge light formula backlight module, the design concept that the present invention strengthens the brightness of backlight module both sides also can be applicable in the direct sunshine formula backlight module.
With reference to Fig. 7, the synoptic diagram after the direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 of its expression one embodiment of the invention is simplified.Direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 includes a light-emitting device that is made of one first fluorescent tube 712 and one second fluorescent tube 714, is used to produce light; One diffuser plate 720 is arranged at a side of light-emitting device, is used to spread light; And, being arranged on the opposite side of light-emitting device by the reflection unit that a housing 730 and a reflector plate 740 are formed, the light that is used for that light-emitting device is produced reflexes to diffuser plate 720.As shown in Figure 7, reflector plate 740 is arranged between light-emitting device and the housing 730.In the present embodiment, first fluorescent tube 712 in the light-emitting device and second fluorescent tube 714 are all selected the cathode fluorescent tube (CCFL) of U type for use, thus light-emitting device along the light intensity of the Outboard Sections of an axis 70 than the inside part height.Therefore, direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 just is higher than the brightness of its inside part along the brightness of the Outboard Sections of axis 70.
Embodiment as upper edge light formula backlight module discloses, and the light-emitting device in the direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 can be by the fluorescent tube of single or multiple curved shape, or a plurality of light-emitting component (as EL cell or light emitting diode) is realized.Similarly, also can utilize always formula fluorescent tube (as cathode fluorescent tube) a plurality of light-emitting components (as EL cell or light emitting diode etc.) of arranging in pairs or groups to form this light-emitting device.
In another embodiment, then be with the reflector plate in the reflection unit 740 along the reflective surface area of the Outboard Sections of axis 70, be designed to big than the reflective surface area of inside part so that the light reflecting effect of the Outboard Sections of reflector plate 740 is higher than its inside part.So just can increase the received light of Outboard Sections of diffuser plate 720, and then strengthen the brightness of direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 Outboard Sections.In fact, also the reflectivity of the Outboard Sections of reflector plate 740 can be designed to reflectivity height, to reach or to strengthen above-mentioned effect than its inside part.
Fig. 8 is the synoptic diagram after the direct sunshine formula backlight module 800 of another embodiment of the present invention is simplified.Direct sunshine formula backlight module 800 is very similar with above-mentioned direct sunshine formula backlight module 700, and both differences are, direct sunshine formula backlight module 800 is to utilize two reflector plates 840 and 850 to replace reflector plate 740 among Fig. 7.As shown in Figure 8, reflector plate 840 and 850 is separately positioned between light-emitting device (being made up of fluorescent tube 712 and 714 in the present embodiment) and the housing 730, and corresponding to the two ends of light-emitting device, is used for the light that the light-emitting device two ends are produced is reflexed to diffuser plate 720.As above-mentioned reflector plate 740, reflector plate 840 and 850 effect are the received light of Outboard Sections that is used for increasing diffuser plate 720, so that the brightness of direct sunshine formula backlight module 800 Outboard Sections can be higher than the brightness of inside part.
In fact, also can be at the inside surface of the housing 730 of the reflection unit surface of light-emitting device (promptly in the face of) coating reflectorized material, housing 730 is become can be used for a reflection housing of the light that reflex reflexting device produced.For the brightness of the Outboard Sections that makes direct sunshine formula backlight module can be higher than its inside part, the reflectorized material that inside surface was coated with of housing 730 can be designed to the narrow pattern in wide centre, two ends.Perhaps, also can be coated with the higher material of a kind of reflectivity, and the part in the middle of corresponding light-emitting device is coated with the low slightly material of another kind of reflectivity at the position at the corresponding light-emitting device of the inside surface of housing 730 two ends.In practical application, big as long as the reflectivity of the Outboard Sections of reflection housing, perhaps reflects the reflective surface area of Outboard Sections of housing than the reflectivity height of its inside part than the reflective surface area of its inside part, can reach purpose similar to the above embodiments.This is auspicious, can save the cost of above-mentioned reflector plate 740,840 or 850.
As mentioned above, the design of change diffuser plate 720 is brightness modes high than its inside part of another Outboard Sections that can make direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 or 800.For example, as long as the transmittance of the Outboard Sections of diffuser plate 720 is designed to be higher than the transmittance of its inside part, just can obtain effect similar to the above embodiments.Similarly, being used for of being disclosed in the above description causes the brightness of the Outboard Sections of direct sunshine formula backlight module 700 or 800 use of can the different mechanisms high than its inside part can arranging in pairs or groups, to promote its optical effect.
Edge light formula backlight module or direct sunshine formula backlight module that the present invention discloses can be used as various scanners or Backlight For Liquid Crystal Display Panels in practical application, scan image or quality of display pictures with lifting.For example, in the scanner that can scan large scale penetrability (or positive and negative), backlight module of the present invention can improve the situation that the neighboring area brightness that causes optical module because of the optical characteristics of the optical module of scanner or mechanism design reduces significantly.
In sum; though the present invention discloses with preferred embodiment; but it is not in order to limit the present invention; any those skilled in the art; do not breaking away from design of the present invention and scope; can make various equivalent variations and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is defined with accompanying claims.