GB2247536B - A liquid crystal display - Google Patents

A liquid crystal display

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Publication number
GB2247536B
GB2247536B GB9018759A GB9018759A GB2247536B GB 2247536 B GB2247536 B GB 2247536B GB 9018759 A GB9018759 A GB 9018759A GB 9018759 A GB9018759 A GB 9018759A GB 2247536 B GB2247536 B GB 2247536B
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Prior art keywords
liquid crystal
crystal display
display
liquid
crystal
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9018759A
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GB9018759D0 (en
Inventor
Richard Paul Russell
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Navico UK Ltd
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Brookes and Gatehouse Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0035—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
    • G02B6/0045—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it by shaping at least a portion of the light guide
    • G02B6/0046—Tapered light guide, e.g. wedge-shaped light guide
    • G02B6/0048—Tapered light guide, e.g. wedge-shaped light guide with stepwise taper
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0011—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being planar or of plate-like form
    • G02B6/0033—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide
    • G02B6/0035—Means for improving the coupling-out of light from the light guide provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
    • G02B6/0036—2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Planar Illumination Modules (AREA)
GB9018759A 1990-08-28 1990-08-28 A liquid crystal display Expired - Fee Related GB2247536B (en)

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GB2247536A GB2247536A (en) 1992-03-04
GB2247536B true GB2247536B (en) 1994-09-07

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KR940003349Y1 (en) * 1991-08-24 1994-05-23 삼성전관 주식회사 Device for lighting liquid crystal display devices

Citations (7)

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GB1092969A (en) * 1965-11-05 1967-11-29 American Tobacco Co Improvements in inspection device for composite cigarette filter rods
GB1390855A (en) * 1971-11-15 1975-04-16 Bucode Optical devices
GB1543327A (en) * 1975-02-26 1979-04-04 Sick Optik Elektronik Erwin Optical device for producing a light curtain
US4172631A (en) * 1975-01-07 1979-10-30 Izon Corporation Parallel optical fiber and strip illuminating arrays
US4576436A (en) * 1983-01-31 1986-03-18 Maurice Daniel Light distribution and collection assemblies and methods
US4743410A (en) * 1985-03-29 1988-05-10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method for manufacturing a flat illumination unit
US4883333A (en) * 1987-10-13 1989-11-28 Yanez Serge J Integrated, solid, optical device

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1092969A (en) * 1965-11-05 1967-11-29 American Tobacco Co Improvements in inspection device for composite cigarette filter rods
GB1390855A (en) * 1971-11-15 1975-04-16 Bucode Optical devices
US4172631A (en) * 1975-01-07 1979-10-30 Izon Corporation Parallel optical fiber and strip illuminating arrays
GB1543327A (en) * 1975-02-26 1979-04-04 Sick Optik Elektronik Erwin Optical device for producing a light curtain
US4576436A (en) * 1983-01-31 1986-03-18 Maurice Daniel Light distribution and collection assemblies and methods
US4743410A (en) * 1985-03-29 1988-05-10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method for manufacturing a flat illumination unit
US4883333A (en) * 1987-10-13 1989-11-28 Yanez Serge J Integrated, solid, optical device

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GB9018759D0 (en) 1990-10-10

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Effective date: 19970828