JP2009037266A - Liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably prevent degradation in picture quality due to uneven luminance or color stain in a display section of a display means caused by adhesion of an optical means. <P>SOLUTION: A warpage suppressing member 17B in a long plate form is disposed between an optical sheet 16 disposed in a top face side of a diffusion plate 13 (in the face side opposing to a liquid crystal panel 14) and the back face of the liquid crystal panel 14, so that warpage of the diffusion plate 13 due to heat from a backlight 12 is suppressed by the warpage suppressing member 17B and that the optical sheet 16 is prevented from being pressed to the back face of the liquid crystal panel 14 by the diffusion plate 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device in which warpage of a diffusion plate mounted on a direct type backlight to the liquid crystal panel side is prevented.

  A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer having an anisotropic dielectric constant injected between two substrates, and adjusts the strength of an electric field applied to the liquid crystal layer, thereby allowing light transmitted through the substrate to be transmitted. A liquid crystal panel for adjusting the amount and displaying a desired image is provided. Such a liquid crystal display device is excellent in weight reduction, thinning, and low power consumption, and is not limited to familiar devices such as a mobile phone, a car navigation system, a PDA, a personal computer, and a television receiver, but also a measuring device, a medical device, and a medical device. It is used as a display for general equipment and industrial equipment.

  7 and 8 show a configuration example of a conventional liquid crystal display device, in which a reflector 2 and a backlight 3 such as a plurality of fluorescent lamps are accommodated in a backlight case 1. A diffusion plate 4 is held inside the flange 1a of the backlight case 1, and a holding member 6 holding the outer peripheral portion of the liquid crystal panel 5 is fitted to the outside of the flange 1a. An optical sheet 7 such as a polarizing sheet is provided between the diffusion plate 4 and the liquid crystal panel 5. Then, the direct light from the backlight 3 and the reflected light from the reflection plate 2 are diffused by the diffusion plate 4 and irradiated through the optical sheet 7 so that the entire surface of the liquid crystal panel 5 has uniform brightness.

  By the way, since the inside of the backlight case 1 is not sealed in order to release the heat from the backlight 3 to the outside, the surface (back surface) directed to the backlight 3 side of the diffusion plate 4 is in contact with the outside air. It has become. Here, the diffusion plate 4 is generally made of acrylic. Acrylic has a hygroscopic property. For this reason, moisture may be adsorbed on the surface (back surface) of the diffusion plate 4 that is in contact with the outside air.

  In this case, in particular, when the backlight 3 is turned on and heat from the backlight 3 is applied, thermal expansion on the surface (back surface) side of the diffusion plate 4 that easily absorbs moisture tends to be directed toward the liquid crystal panel 5 side. Therefore, the diffusion plate 4 tends to warp to the backlight 3 side. As described above, if the diffusion plate 4 is extremely warped by the heat from the backlight 3, luminance unevenness or the like is generated, which causes image quality deterioration.

There exists a thing shown by patent document 1 as what prevents the curvature of such a diffuser plate 4. FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG. 7. A surface in which a moisture absorption suppression sheet is disposed on the surface (back surface) side of the diffusion plate 4 facing the backlight 3 and the moisture absorption suppression sheet touches the outside air of the diffusion plate 4. This is intended to suppress the adsorption of moisture to the side.
JP 2003-43481 A

  Like Patent Document 1 described above, the moisture absorption suppressing sheet is disposed on the surface (back surface) side of the diffusion plate 4 facing the backlight 3, so that moisture on the surface side of the diffusion plate 4 that is in contact with the outside air Since the adsorption is suppressed and the warpage of the diffuser plate 4 to the backlight 3 side is suppressed, image quality deterioration due to luminance unevenness or the like is prevented.

  However, in a general liquid crystal display device, in order to release the heat inside the backlight case 1 to the outside, the flange 1a of the backlight case 1 is provided with a vent hole for venting the outside. That is, by providing a vent hole in the flange 1a of the backlight case 1 or the like, heat is not limited to the surface (back surface) side of the diffusion plate 4 facing the backlight 3, but between the diffusion plate 4 and the liquid crystal panel 5. This is in order not to get stuck.

  Therefore, when the moisture absorption suppressing sheet is arranged on the surface (back surface) side of the diffusion plate 4 directed to the backlight 3 as in Patent Document 1, the surface (front surface) of the diffusion plate 4 directed to the liquid crystal panel 5 side is provided. It becomes easy to absorb moisture. In this case, as described above, when the backlight 3 is turned on and heat from the backlight 3 is applied, the thermal expansion on the surface (front surface) side directed to the liquid crystal panel 5 side is diffusion in which the moisture absorption suppressing sheet is disposed. It becomes larger than the surface (back surface) side of the plate 4, and the diffusion plate 4 tends to warp to the liquid crystal panel 5 side.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 9, when the diffusion plate 4 is extremely warped toward the liquid crystal panel 5, the diffusion plate 4 presses the optical sheet 7 against the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 5, and the optical sheet 7 and the liquid crystal panel 5. And adhere closely to each other (the part surrounded by a dotted line). As described above, when the optical sheet 7 and the liquid crystal panel 5 are locally in close contact with each other, luminance unevenness, color spots, and the like are generated in a display portion of the liquid crystal panel 5 corresponding to the close contact portion. This is because the heat distribution of the polarizing filter provided on the glass substrate of the liquid crystal panel 5 is different between the close contact portion by the optical sheet 7 and the close contact portion.

  Moreover, the moisture absorption suppression sheet on the surface side directed to the backlight 3 of the diffusing plate 4 in Patent Document 1 will be disposed at a position closer to the backlight 3, and by applying heat from the backlight 3, There is a possibility that the moisture absorption suppressing sheet may be bent. And since the moisture absorption suppression sheet will be in the state which touched the external air, when the heat | fever from the backlight 3 is applied in the state which the water | moisture content adhered to the surface side which faced the backlight 3, the moisture absorption suppression sheet will bend. It appears more prominently.

  As described above, when the moisture absorption suppressing sheet is bent, the light distribution from the backlight 3 to the diffusion plate 4 is biased, and the image quality is deteriorated due to uneven brightness.

  The problem to be solved is that if the moisture absorption suppressing sheet is arranged on the surface (back surface) facing the backlight side of the diffusion plate, the surface (front surface) side facing the liquid crystal panel side of the diffusion plate becomes easy to absorb moisture. When the heat from the backlight is applied, the diffuser plate tends to warp to the liquid crystal panel side, and local adhesion occurs between the optical sheet and the liquid crystal panel, resulting in image quality deterioration due to uneven brightness or color spots. Is a point.

  In addition, when the moisture absorption suppression sheet is disposed on the surface side of the diffuser that is directed to the backlight, the moisture absorption suppression sheet will be disposed at a position closer to the backlight, and because it will be in a state of touching the outside air, When the heat from the backlight is applied, the moisture absorption suppressing sheet may be bent, and the image quality is deteriorated due to uneven brightness due to the uneven light distribution from the backlight to the diffusion plate.

The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a diffusing unit that diffuses light from a light source, an optical unit that makes the diffused light uniform, and a display unit that displays an image by the uniformed light, Between the optical means and the display means, there is provided a warp suppressing means for suppressing the warping of the diffusing means toward the display means, and the warp suppressing means is provided at the left and right ends of the diffusing means. It is characterized by being made into a long plate shape that can catch the warp.
The warp suppressing means may be fixed inside a holding member that holds an outer peripheral end of the display means.
Further, the diffusing means may be shaped to warp to the light source side.
In the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, the warp suppressing means provided between the optical means and the display means receives the warping of the diffusing means toward the optical means due to heat from the light source, and the optical means displays by the diffusing means. Adhesion caused by being pressed against the means can be suppressed.

  In the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, the adhesion due to the pressing of the optical means to the display means caused by the warping of the diffusing means is suppressed, so image quality deterioration due to uneven brightness or color stains in the display part of the display means is ensured. Can be prevented.

  A warpage suppressing member is arranged between the optical sheet arranged on the front surface side of the diffusion plate and the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, and the warpage suppressing member suppresses the warpage of the diffusion plate due to heat from the light source, and the optical sheet diffuses. The plate was not pressed against the back of the liquid crystal panel.

  1 is a cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration according to an embodiment of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a warp suppressing member of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 explains the operation of the warp suppressing member of FIG. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing another embodiment when the configuration of the warp suppressing member of FIG. 1 is changed, and FIG. 6 is another view when the configuration of the diffusion plate of FIG. 1 is changed. It is sectional drawing which shows embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a backlight case 10 accommodates a reflecting plate 11 and a backlight 12 such as a plurality of fluorescent lamps as a light source. The interior of the backlight case 10 is not sealed in order to release heat from the backlight 12 to the outside. The reflection plate 11 reflects light from the backlight 12 toward the diffusion plate 13 described later.

  Long plate-like flanges 10 a are provided above and below the outer peripheral end of the backlight case 10, and comb-like flanges 10 b are provided on the left and right sides thereof. Inside the flange 10a of the backlight case 10, the upper and lower ends of the diffusion plate 13 are held by a holding member (not shown). The diffusing plate 13 as a diffusing means is made of acrylic, diffuses direct light from the backlight 12 and reflected light from the reflecting plate 11, and the entire surface of the liquid crystal panel 14 is uniform through an optical sheet 16 described later. The light is irradiated so that the brightness is high.

  A holding member 15 that holds the outer periphery of the liquid crystal panel 14 is fitted to the outside of the upper and lower flanges 10 a and the left and right flanges 10 b of the backlight case 10. An optical sheet 16 such as a polarizing sheet and a warp suppressing member 17 are disposed between the diffusion plate 13 and the liquid crystal panel 14. The optical sheet 16 as an optical means has a characteristic of making the light diffused by the diffusion plate 13 uniform. As described above, the light is made uniform by the optical sheet 16, so that high luminance can be achieved.

  The warp suppressing member 17 as the warp suppressing means is substantially the same size as the diffusion plate 13 and is disposed between the optical sheet 16 and the liquid crystal panel 14 as the display means. The warpage suppressing member 17 receives warpage of the diffusion plate 13 toward the liquid crystal panel 14 due to heat from the backlight 12, and suppresses adhesion due to the optical sheet 16 being pressed against the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 14 by the diffusion plate 13.

  Here, the upper and lower sides of the optical sheet 16 are held so as to be suspended by a holding member (not shown) provided inside the upper and lower flanges 10 a of the backlight case 10. On the other hand, the outer periphery of the warp suppressing member 17 is fixed inside the holding member 15 that holds the liquid crystal panel 14. When the outer peripheral portion of the warp suppressing member 17 is fixed to the inside of the holding member 15 that holds the liquid crystal panel 14, an adhesive having heat resistance and weather resistance may be used, or a screw may be used. You may make it hold | maintain by the holding member which does not. Further, the warp suppressing member 17 is preferably formed of a transparent member that does not interfere with the light diffused by the diffusion plate 13 and irradiated on the back side of the liquid crystal panel 14, and the low moisture absorbing member or the back having little moisture absorption. It is preferable to use a heat-resistant member that is less warped by heat from the light 12, and may be made of, for example, a low moisture absorption acrylic or polycarbonate.

Next, the effect | action by the curvature suppression member 17 is demonstrated.
First, as described above, the inside of the backlight case 10 is not sealed in order to release heat from the backlight 12 to the outside. In this case, the flange 10a of the backlight case 10 or the like is not limited to the surface (back surface) side of the diffusion plate 13 facing the backlight 12 so that heat is not trapped between the diffusion plate 13 and the liquid crystal panel 14. A vent hole (not shown) is provided for venting the outside.

  Here, for example, when the backlight 12 is turned on, the temperature between the diffusion plate 13 and the backlight 12 becomes higher than the temperature between the diffusion plate 13 and the liquid crystal panel 14, and the outside air is diffused between the diffusion plate 13 and the liquid crystal panel 14. Since it wraps around between the panels 14, the surface (surface) of the diffusion plate 13 directed to the liquid crystal panel 14 side tends to absorb moisture. When heat is applied by lighting the backlight 12 in such a state, the thermal expansion on the front surface side (surface side directed toward the liquid crystal panel 14) adsorbing moisture of the diffusion plate 13 is performed on the back surface side (backlight 12). The diffusion plate 13 tends to warp to the liquid crystal panel 14 side.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the liquid crystal panel 14 side of the diffusion plate 13 is provided by the warp suppressing member 17 disposed on the surface side of the diffusion plate 13 and provided between the optical sheet 16 and the liquid crystal panel 14. The warpage to is accepted. Thereby, since the optical sheet 16 is suppressed from being pressed against the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 14 by the diffusion plate 13, local adhesion between the optical sheet 16 and the liquid crystal panel 14 is prevented. Thereby, luminance unevenness, color stains, and the like in the display portion of the liquid crystal panel 14 due to local adhesion between the optical sheet 16 and the liquid crystal panel 14 do not occur.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the warp suppressing member 17 is disposed between the optical sheet 16 disposed on the front surface side (the surface side facing the liquid crystal panel 14) of the diffusion plate 13 and the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 14. The warp suppressing member 17 suppresses the warpage of the diffusion plate 13 due to heat from the backlight 12 so that the optical sheet 16 is not pressed against the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 14 by the diffusion plate 13. As a result, local adhesion between the optical sheet 16 and the liquid crystal panel 14 is prevented, so that it is possible to reliably prevent image quality deterioration due to luminance unevenness, color spots, and the like in the display portion of the liquid crystal panel 14.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the moisture absorption suppression sheet | seat is not arrange | positioned in the surface side orient | assigned to the backlight 12 of the diffuser plate 13 conventionally, according to the bending of the moisture absorption suppression sheet | seat by the heat | fever from the backlight 12. There is no deterioration in image quality due to uneven brightness.

  In addition, although this embodiment demonstrated the case where the curvature suppression member 17 was substantially the same magnitude | size as the diffusion plate 13, it is not restricted to this example, For example, as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the frame-shaped warpage suppressing member 17 </ b> A capable of receiving the warpage of the diffusion plate 13 may be used. That is, since the warpage of the diffusion plate 13 occurs in a state in which the central portion of the diffusion plate 13 indicated by the dotted line protrudes toward the liquid crystal panel 14, the warpage suppressing member 17A is at least a frame shape, so that at least the diffusion plate 13 is warped. Warpage can be received at the left and right ends of the.

  Further, since the warpage of the diffusion plate 13 occurs in the same state as described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a long plate-like warpage suppressing member capable of receiving the warpage at least at the left and right ends of the diffusion plate 13. It may be 17B. Also in this case, it is possible to receive a warp such that the central portion of the diffusion plate 13 protrudes toward the liquid crystal panel 14 side.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, it is good also as a shape which diffused the diffusion plate 13 itself to the backlight 12 side previously. In this case, heat is applied by turning on the backlight 12, and, as described above, even if the diffusion plate 13 is warped toward the liquid crystal panel 14, the center portion of the diffusion plate 13 is warped so as to protrude toward the liquid crystal panel 14. The amount can be very small. As a result, the thickness of each warp suppressing member 17, 17A, 17B described above can be reduced.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, when the diffuser plate 13 itself is warped to the backlight 12 side in advance, the amount of warp such that the central portion of the diffuser plate 13 protrudes to the liquid crystal panel 14 side is extremely small. Therefore, the above-described warp suppressing members 17, 17A, and 17B may be omitted.

  Further, the frame-shaped warpage suppressing member 17A shown in FIG. 4 may be integrated with the outer peripheral end of the diffusion plate 13 itself, or provided as a frame-shaped protrusion on the outer peripheral end of the diffusion plate 13 itself. May be.

  Further, the long plate-like warpage suppressing member 17B shown in FIG. 5 may be integrated with the left and right end portions of the diffusion plate 13 itself, or the long plate-like protrusions at the left and right end portions of the diffusion plate 13 itself. You may make it provide as.

  The present invention is applicable not only to familiar devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, personal computers, and television receivers, but also to measuring devices, medical devices, general industrial devices, and the like.

It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure which concerns on one Embodiment of the liquid crystal display device of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the curvature suppression member of FIG. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating an effect | action of the curvature suppression member of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment at the time of changing the structure of the curvature suppression member of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment at the time of changing the structure of the curvature suppression member of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows other embodiment at the time of changing the structure of the diffusion plate of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the internal structure of the conventional liquid crystal display device. It is a figure for demonstrating the diffusion plate of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the curvature of the diffusion plate of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

12 Backlight (light source)
13 Diffuser (Diffusion means)
14 Liquid crystal panel (display means)
15 Holding member 16 Optical sheet (optical means)
17, 17A, 17B Warpage suppression member (warpage suppression means)

Claims (3)

Diffusing means for diffusing light from the light source;
Optical means for making the diffused light uniform;
Display means for displaying an image with the uniformed light,
Provided between the optical means and the display means is a warp suppressing means for suppressing the warping of the diffusing means to the display means side,
The liquid crystal display device, wherein the warp suppressing means has a long plate shape capable of receiving warpage of the diffusing means at left and right ends of the diffusing means.   The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the warp suppressing unit is fixed inside a holding member that holds an outer peripheral end of the display unit.   The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the diffusing unit has a shape warped toward the light source.

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