JP4586774B2 - Electro-optic device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of an illuminating device and an electro-optical device in which a heat radiating member is arranged corresponding to a point light source.

  A liquid crystal device, which is an example of an electro-optical device, mainly includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight that emits light to the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel is configured by sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between a counter substrate and a TFT array substrate. A backlight, more specifically, a sidelight-type backlight, is disposed adjacent to a liquid crystal panel and is approximately the same size as the liquid crystal panel, and an LED (light emission) disposed at an end of the light guide plate. Element). The light guide plate is used for guiding and diffusing light from the LED, and the light diffused by the light guide plate is irradiated to the liquid crystal panel as a surface light source.

  However, in the above-described liquid crystal device, since the heat generation temperature when the LED is caused to emit light by passing an electric current through the LED is high, the upper limit value of the electric current that can be supplied to the LED is small in consideration of the reliability with respect to the LED temperature. there were. Therefore, there is a limit to increasing the current flowing through the LED to improve the luminance of the LED.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and provides a heat dissipating member, an illuminating device, an electro-optical device, and an electronic apparatus that can absorb the heat generated by the LED and increase the current that can flow through the LED. Objective.

  In order to solve such a problem, the present invention employs the following configuration.

An electro-optical device of the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat radiating member in contact with the point light source; An electro-optical panel disposed opposite to the first surface of the light guide plate, and the heat dissipation member is bent so that the point light source is located inward, and the bent One end of the heat dissipating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat dissipating member is disposed in contact with the second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate , The point light source is disposed on a side of the light guide plate, and the heat radiating member is bent so as to cover the point light source, and faces the light emitting surface of the point light source. A surface and a surface adjacent to the surface opposite to the light emitting surface. Characterized in that in contact with the member.

An electro-optical device of the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat radiating member in contact with the point light source; And an electro-optical panel disposed to face the first surface of the light guide plate, and a wiring board connected to the electro-optical panel, and the heat dissipating member has the point light source positioned inward. One end of the bent heat dissipation member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat dissipation member is opposed to the first surface of the light guide plate. The wiring board is disposed in contact with the second surface, and the wiring board overlaps the heat radiating member outside the bent heat radiating member.

An electro-optical device of the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat radiating member in contact with the point light source; An electro-optical panel disposed opposite to the first surface of the light guide plate, and the heat dissipation member is bent so that the point light source is located inward, and the bent One end of the heat dissipating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat dissipating member is disposed in contact with the second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate, The heat radiating member is configured by laminating an adhesive layer and a metal layer, and the heat radiating plate and the point light source are fixed by the adhesive layer.

An electro-optical device of the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat radiating member in contact with the point light source; An electro-optical panel disposed opposite to the first surface of the light guide plate, and the heat dissipation member is bent so that the point light source is located inward, and the bent One end of the heat dissipating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat dissipating member is disposed in contact with the second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate, A plurality of the point light sources are arranged and the heat radiating member is fixed to each of the plurality of point light sources and the adhesive layer.

The electro-optical device according to the aspect of the invention is characterized in that a plurality of the point light sources are arranged and the heat radiating member is fixed to each of the plurality of point light sources by the adhesive layer. .

An illumination device related to the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate irradiated with light from the point light source, and a heat dissipation member bonded to the point light source via an adhesive layer. To do. The electro-optical device of the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate irradiated with light from the point light source, and a heat radiating member bonded to the point light source via an adhesive layer. And an electro-optical panel disposed to face the illumination device.
According to such a configuration, the adhesive layer can contact and fix the point light source, and the metal layer having high thermal conductivity can radiate the heat generated during light emission from the point light source to lower the heat generation temperature of the point light source. As a result, a larger amount of current can be supplied to the point light source as much as the heat generation temperature is lowered, so that the luminance of the point light source can be improved.

A heat dissipating member related to the present invention is a heat dissipating member that abuts on a point light source, and includes an adhesive layer that abuts on the point light source and a carbon graphite layer laminated on the adhesive layer. It is preferable.
According to such a configuration, the adhesive layer can contact and fix the point light source, and the carbon graphite layer having high thermal conductivity can radiate the heat generated at the time of light emission from the point light source to lower the heat generation temperature of the point light source. As a result, a larger amount of current can be supplied to the point light source as much as the heat generation temperature is lowered, so that the luminance of the point light source can be improved.

The heat dissipating member related to the present invention is a heat dissipating member in contact with a point light source, an adhesive layer in contact with the point light source, and a thermal conductivity λ at room temperature laminated on the adhesive layer. And a layer made of a member of 90 W / mK or more.
According to such a configuration, the adhesive layer can be fixed in contact with the point light source, and the layer made of a member having a high thermal conductivity and a thermal conductivity λ at room temperature of 90 W / mK or more can emit light from the point light source during light emission. The heat generated can be dissipated to lower the heat generation temperature of the point light source, so that more current can flow through the point light source as much as the heat generation temperature decreases, thus improving the brightness of the point light source Is possible.

It is preferable that the heat dissipation member has a sheet shape, and the metal layer includes a metal selected from the group consisting of copper and aluminum.
According to such a configuration, since it is a sheet shape, it is easy to manufacture, and copper and aluminum have high thermal conductivity (at room temperature, copper is 386 W / mK and aluminum is 228 W / mK). In addition, copper and aluminum are cheaper than silver and gold.

The sheet-shaped heat dissipation member is preferably flexible.
According to such a configuration, since the heat radiating member has a flexible sheet shape, the heat radiating member can be brought into contact with the point light source along the outer shape of the point light source, and heat is dissipated even if a gap is generated due to variation in dimension crossing. The member can be deformed and brought into contact with the point light source.

  The point light source preferably includes a light emitting diode.

  According to such a configuration, since the light emitting diode has low power consumption, the power consumption of the electro-optical device can be reduced.

An illumination device related to the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate irradiated with light from the point light source, a substrate on which the point light source is mounted, and the point light source on the substrate. And a heat dissipating member provided on the side opposite to the other side, wherein the heat dissipating member is a Peltier element.

  According to such a configuration, the Peltier element provided on the substrate can positively cool the heat generated during light emission from the point light source and lower the heat generation temperature of the point light source. Since a larger amount of current can be passed through the light source, the luminance of the point light source can be improved.

An illumination device related to the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate irradiated with light from the point light source, a heat dissipating member provided in contact with the point light source, and the heat dissipating member. And a pressing mechanism for pressing toward the point light source. Moreover, the illuminating device of the present invention includes a point light source, a light guide plate irradiated with light from the point light source, and a heat dissipating member provided so as to contact the point light source, A pressing mechanism that presses the heat radiating member toward the point light source, and an electro-optical panel disposed to face the illumination device.

  According to such a configuration, the heat generated from the point light source can be dissipated from the point light source by the heat radiating member to lower the heat generation temperature of the point light source, and a larger amount of current is supplied to the point light source as the heat generation temperature decreases. As a result, the brightness of the point light source can be improved.

  It is preferable that the point light source has a light emission part that emits light, and the heat dissipation member is in contact with a part other than the light emission part of the point light source.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to radiate the heat generated by the point light source without reducing the efficiency of light emitted from the point light source to the light guide plate.

  It is preferable that the apparatus further includes a substrate on which the point light source is mounted, and the heat dissipation member is provided so as to come into contact with a portion other than the portion mounted on the substrate of the point light source.

  According to such a configuration, the heat generated by the point light source can be dissipated without complicating the structure of the point light source mounting portion.

  It is preferable that the point light source has a portion facing the light guide plate, and the heat radiating member is in contact with a portion other than the portion facing the light guide plate of the point light source.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to radiate the heat generated by the point light source without reducing the efficiency of light emitted from the point light source to the light guide plate.

  The substrate further includes a substrate on which the point light source is mounted, the point light source is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the substrate and the heat radiating member, and the light guide plate is a side surface irradiated with light from the point light source. And a light emitting surface that emits the light that does not face the side surface, and the point light source is preferably disposed to face the side surface.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to radiate the heat generated by the point light source without reducing the efficiency of light emitted from the point light source to the light guide plate.

  It is preferable that the heat radiating plate is provided so as to contact the point light source and the light guide plate.

  According to such a configuration, the heat dissipating member is provided in such a size as to come into contact with the point light source and the light guide plate, and the contact area increases, so that the heat generated by the point light source can be further dissipated.

  A plurality of the point light sources are provided along a side surface of the light guide plate, the heat dissipating member has a sheet shape and is flexible, and the heat dissipating member is integrally in contact with the plurality of point light sources. It is preferable.

  According to such a configuration, since the heat radiating member has a flexible sheet shape, the heat radiating member can be brought into contact with the point light source along the outer shape of the point light source, and heat is dissipated even if a gap is generated due to variation in dimension crossing. The member can be deformed and brought into contact with the point light source. Furthermore, by integrally contacting the plurality of point light sources, the number of parts can be reduced and the heat dissipation member can be easily attached. Furthermore, since the area of the heat radiating member can be increased, the capacity of heat dissipation can be increased.

  It is preferable that a plurality of the point light sources are provided along a side surface of the light guide plate, and a plurality of the heat radiating members are provided so as to correspond to the plurality of point light sources, respectively.

  According to such a configuration, since the plurality of heat radiating members are provided in the corresponding point light sources, when stress is applied to the heat radiating member when the lighting device receives an impact or the like, Stress can hardly be transmitted to the point light source, and impact resistance can be improved.

  It is preferable that the light guide plate further includes a reflection sheet provided on a surface opposite to the light emission surface, the heat dissipation member has a sheet shape, and the heat dissipation member partially overlaps the reflection sheet.

  According to such a structure, while being able to fix a heat radiating member also to a reflective sheet, it can prevent that the light irradiated toward the light-guide plate from the point light source leaks between between a heat radiating member and a reflective sheet.

  The reflective sheet preferably has a heat dissipation function.

  According to such a configuration, by providing the reflection sheet, not only the light emitted from the light guide plate is reflected to the liquid crystal panel, but also the heat generated by the point light source can be radiated.

  The heat radiating member preferably covers the point light source in a planar manner.

  According to such a configuration, stray light in the light emitted from the point light source can be blocked by the heat radiating member.

  It is preferable that the heat dissipation member includes at least a metal layer and has a sheet shape, and the metal layer includes a metal selected from the group consisting of copper and aluminum.

  According to such a configuration, since it is a sheet shape, it is easy to manufacture, and copper and aluminum have high thermal conductivity (at room temperature, copper is 386 W / mK and aluminum is 228 W / mK). In addition, copper and aluminum are cheaper than silver and gold.

  The heat radiating member preferably includes a material having a thermal conductivity λ at room temperature of 90 W / mK or more.

  According to such a configuration, the heat radiating member includes a material having a thermal conductivity λ at room temperature of 90 W / mK or more, and thus can release heat from the point light source. As a material having a thermal conductivity λ at room temperature of 90 W / mK or more, a metal material such as copper or aluminum, carbon graphite, or the like can be used.

  The point light source preferably includes a light emitting diode.

  According to such a configuration, since the light emitting diode has low power consumption, the power consumption of the electro-optical device can be reduced.

An electro-optical device related to the present invention includes an electro-optical panel and the above-described illumination device arranged adjacent to the electro-optical panel.

  According to such a configuration, the heat generated from the point light source can be dissipated from the point light source by the heat radiating member to lower the heat generation temperature of the point light source, and a larger amount of current is supplied to the point light source as the heat generation temperature decreases. Since an illuminating device in which the brightness of the point light source is improved can be provided, an electro-optical device with good display can be obtained.

An electro-optical device related to the present invention is an electro-optical device including an electro-optical panel and the above-described illumination device arranged adjacent to the electro-optical panel, and the light of the light guide plate. The emission surface emits light toward the electro-optic panel, the substrate is disposed between the electro-optic panel and the light guide plate, the heat radiating member has a sheet shape, and the light emission surface of the light guide plate It is preferable that it partially overlaps with the surface on the opposite side.

  According to such a structure, it can prevent that the light irradiated toward the light-guide plate from the point light source leaks between between a thermal radiation member and a light-guide plate.

  An electro-optical device comprising: an electro-optical panel; and the above-described illumination device disposed adjacent to the electro-optical panel, wherein the heat radiating member has a sheet shape, and the heat radiating member has the dot shape. A light source is mounted, and the heat dissipation member is preferably in contact with the electro-optical panel.

  According to such a configuration, the point light source directly contacts the sheet-shaped heat dissipation member and also contacts the electro-optical panel, so that the heat generated by the point light source is transmitted to the electro-optical panel via the heat dissipation member. can do.

  An electro-optical device comprising: an electro-optical panel; and the above-described illumination device disposed adjacent to the electro-optical panel, further comprising a flexible sheet-like substrate on which the point light source is mounted. Preferably, a mounting component for driving the electro-optical panel is mounted on the substrate, and the substrate is electrically connected to the electro-optical panel.

  According to such a configuration, the substrate on which the point light source is mounted and the substrate on which the mounting component used for driving the electro-optical panel can be shared, and the number of components can be reduced. .

  The light-shielding sheet further includes a frame-shaped light-shielding sheet disposed between the electro-optical panel and the light guide plate, and the electro-optical panel has a drive region that is driven by a potential supplied thereto. It is preferable that the opening includes the drive region, and the surface of the light shielding sheet on the light guide plate side has higher reflectance than the surface of the light shielding sheet on the electro-optical panel side.

  According to such a configuration, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate is suppressed by reflecting light on the light guide plate side surface of the light shielding sheet, and the electro optical panel side surface of the light shielding sheet on the electro optical panel side is suppressed. Can be absorbed.

  The substrate is preferably disposed so as to overlap the light shielding sheet.

  According to such a configuration, since there is no gap between the substrate and the light shielding sheet, it is possible to improve the utilization efficiency of light propagating through the light guide plate.

  The substrate is preferably arranged so as not to overlap the light shielding sheet.

  According to such a configuration, since the substrate and the light-shielding sheet do not overlap, the distance between the electro-optical panel and the light guide plate can be shortened, and the thickness of the electro-optical device can be reduced.

  In the electro-optical device described above, the electro-optical panel has a drive region that is driven by being supplied with an electric potential, the heat radiating plate has a light shielding property, and the heat radiating plate is formed of the electro-optical panel. It is preferable to arrange in a region other than the drive region.

  According to such a configuration, the contrast of the drive region of the electro-optical panel is improved by shielding light outside the drive region, and the heat dissipation plate having the light shielding property is provided, so that the luminance can be improved.

  The electronic apparatus according to the aspect of the invention preferably includes the electro-optical device as a display unit.

  According to such a configuration, an electronic device having a bright display portion can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
<Structure of illumination device and electro-optical device>
First, the structure of a liquid crystal device which is an example of the electro-optical device of the invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal device. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the liquid crystal device of FIG. 1 as viewed from the direction of arrow A.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a liquid crystal device (electro-optical device) is mainly composed of an LCD (liquid crystal panel, electro-optical panel) 1 and a sidelight type illumination device that irradiates the liquid crystal panel 1 with light. Is done.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 is disposed so as to sandwich a first substrate and a second substrate (not shown), a liquid crystal layer (not shown) sandwiched between these two substrates, and the two substrates. A pair of polarizing plates 2a and 2b is provided.

  The illuminating device is disposed on the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 adjacent to the liquid crystal panel 1, and has a light guide plate 6 having approximately the same size as the liquid crystal panel, and a point light source disposed at an end of the light guide plate 6. It is mainly composed of a white LED (light emitting diode) 3. Here, three white LEDs 3 are used. The light guide plate 6 is used to guide and diffuse the light from the white LED 3 to form a surface light source, and the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 is applied to the liquid crystal panel 1. Further, if necessary, an optical member such as a diffusing plate or a condensing plate may be further provided on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6 to provide a lighting device, or an optical device such as a reflecting plate on the side surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6 A member may be further provided as an illumination device. That is, in this case, the diffusion plate is disposed on the surface of the light guide plate 6 on the liquid crystal panel 1 side, and is used for diffusing the light from the white LED 3 and irradiating the liquid crystal panel 1 uniformly in the surface. The reflection plate is disposed on the side surface opposite to the light emission surface of the light guide plate 6 and is used for reflecting the light from the white LED 3 to effectively use the light.

  In the present embodiment, the white LED 3 is provided so as to face the side surface of the light guide plate 6, and irradiates the side surface of the light guide plate 6 with light. The white LED 3 is mounted on the substrate 7. As the substrate 7, either a flexible substrate or a rigid substrate may be used. A substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted is disposed between the LCD 1 and the light guide plate 6. And the heat sink 5 is provided so that the part of white LED3 on the opposite side to the part of white LED3 mounted in the board | substrate 7 may be contacted. In other words, the white LED 3 is sandwiched between the substrate 7 and the heat sink 5.

  In the present embodiment, the LCD 1, the light guide plate 6, the white LED 3 and the substrate 7 are housed and fixed in a case 4 made of plastic or the like.

  Next, the detail of the heat sink 5 is demonstrated. The heat sink 5 of the present invention has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. Moreover, as a metal layer used for the heat sink 5, a thing with high heat conductivity is preferable, and specifically, it is good to use the metal of 90 W / mK or more of heat conductivity at normal temperature. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the heat radiating plate 5 is provided so as to partially overlap the light guide plate 6 in a plane. Further, a reflective sheet may be provided on the side surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6, and the heat radiating plate may be disposed so that a part of the heat radiating plate 5 overlaps the reflective sheet. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the heat radiating plate 5 is disposed so as to integrally cover the three white LEDs 3.

<Description of the effects of this embodiment>
According to the configuration including the above-described point light source 3, the light guide plate 6 irradiated with light from the point light source 3, and the heat radiating plate 5 provided so as to contact the point light source 3, the heat radiating plate 5 Since the heat generated at the time of light emission from the point light source 3 can be dissipated, the heat generation temperature of the point light source 3 can be lowered, and a larger amount of current can flow through the point light source 3 as the heat generation temperature decreases. The brightness of the point light source 3 can be improved.

  For example, in the conventional structure in which the heat sink 5 is not provided for the white LED 3, when a current of 60 mA is passed through the white LED 3, the heat generation temperature of the surface of the white LED 3 is 53 ° C., and the luminance of the white LED 3 is 1500 cd / m2. On the other hand, in the structure of this embodiment in which the heat sink 5 is provided so as to contact the white LED 3, when a current of 74 mA is passed through the white LED 3, the heat generation temperature on the surface of the white LED 3 is 53 ° C., which is the same as the conventional one. Yes, the brightness of the white LED 3 was 1800 cd / m 2. Therefore, when the heat generation temperature on the surface of the white LED 3 is restricted to 53 ° C. in consideration of the reliability of the white LED 3, the structure of the present embodiment allows a current of 14 mA more to flow through the white LED 3 than the conventional structure. Thus, the luminance of the white LED 3 can be improved by 300 cd / m 2.

(Modification)
In Embodiment 1, although the thing of the structure where the metal layer was laminated | stacked on the adhesion layer was demonstrated as the heat sink 5, it is not limited to this, A metal layer is only pressed by a metal layer, without providing an adhesive layer. It is good also as a structure which touches white LED directly. In this case, it is desirable to provide a pressing mechanism that presses the metal layer toward the white LED.

  Moreover, you may comprise a heat radiating member using the material whose heat conductivity in normal temperature is 90 W / mK or more instead of the metal layer which comprises the heat sink 5. FIG. As such a material, carbon graphite or the like is preferable.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the heat sink 5 is partially provided so as to cover the white LEDs 3 in correspondence with the positions of the white LEDs 3. However, the light guide plate 6 is not limited to this. It is also possible to increase the area of the heat sink 5 by extending the heat sink 5 to the surface opposite to the light emitting surface. If comprised in this way, the thermal radiation capability of the heat sink 5 can be improved. Of course, the extension of the heat radiating plate 5 may extend not only toward the surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6 but also toward the case 4. In this case as well, the heat dissipation capability of the heat sink 5 can be improved. Further, if the heat radiating plate 5 is provided so as to cover substantially the entire surface opposite to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6, it is possible to prevent uneven heat in the entire liquid crystal device and to bring the entire liquid crystal device to a substantially uniform temperature. It is possible to reduce display unevenness of the liquid crystal panel.

  In the above embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 is in direct contact with the white LED 3, but a reflective sheet is provided on the opposite side of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, and the reflective sheet is extended so as to contact the white LED. You may comprise so that the heat sink 5 may contact white LED3 through a reflective sheet. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a structure having a heat dissipating effect that can withstand actual use, although the heat dissipating effect is less than that of the above embodiment.

  Other embodiments will be described below, but the same components as those in the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

(Embodiment 2)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the liquid crystal device according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses these. And have.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of the liquid crystal device 100 thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat radiating plate 5 as a heat radiating member disposed opposite to the substrate 7 via the white LED 3. The heat sink 5 is provided in contact with the white LED 3, and is further disposed in contact with a part of the second surface 6 b of the light guide plate 6.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the white LED and the heat radiating plate mounted on the substrate, and FIG. It is the graph which showed the relationship with permissible forward current, a dotted line shows the conventional liquid crystal device, and a continuous line shows the liquid crystal device in this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6. As in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which a metal layer 5b is laminated on an adhesive layer 5a. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is stuck and fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer 5a. The metal layer 5b used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 90 W / mK or more at room temperature may be used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer 5b is not limited to a single layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer 5b is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example. In the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the heat radiating plate 5 is provided so that a part thereof overlaps the light guide plate 6 in a plane, and the heat radiating plate 5 is disposed so as to integrally cover the three white LEDs 3. Yes. The heat radiating plate 5 is provided so as to be in contact with a portion other than the light emitting portion of the white LED 3, in other words, a portion other than a portion facing the light guide plate 6, and a portion other than the portion mounted on the substrate 7. Yes.

  As described above, when the white LED 3 is in contact with the heat radiating plate 5 having high thermal conductivity, heat generated from the white LED 3 can be propagated to the heat radiating plate 5 and can be radiated.

  According to the configuration including the above-described white LED 3, the light guide plate 6 irradiated with light from the white LED 3, and the heat sink 5 provided so as to contact the white LED 3, the heat sink 5 emits light from the white LED 3 at the time of light emission. The heat generation can be dissipated to lower the heat generation temperature of the white LED 3, and a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 by the amount of the decrease in the heat generation temperature, so the brightness of the white LED 3 can be improved. Become. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

  For example, in FIG. 6, in the conventional liquid crystal device, when a current of approximately 12 mA was passed through the white LED 3, the heat generation temperature on the surface of the white LED 3 was approximately 55 ° C. On the other hand, in this embodiment, when a current of about 18 mA was passed through the white LED 3, the surface temperature of the white LED 3 was about 55 ° C. Therefore, in consideration of the reliability of the white LED 3, when the heat generation temperature on the surface of the white LED 3 is restricted to, for example, 55 ° C., the structure of the present embodiment causes a current of 6 mA more to flow through the white LED 3 than the conventional structure. It becomes possible.

  In this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is integrally in contact with the plurality of white LEDs 3 provided. However, as shown in FIG. 7, the heat sink 5 is provided so as to correspond to each of the plurality of white LEDs. A plurality of them may be provided. Thereby, when the liquid crystal device 100 receives an impact and stress is applied to the heat radiating plate 5, the stress is hardly transmitted to the white LED 3 through the heat radiating plate 5, and the impact resistance can be improved. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the liquid crystal device as viewed from the backlight side.

  Moreover, the heat sink 5 of the present embodiment may partially overlap the reflective sheet 27. Thereby, while being able to fix the heat sink 5 also to the reflective sheet 27, it can prevent that the light irradiated toward the light-guide plate 6 from white LED3 leaks between the heat sink 29 and the reflective sheet 27. FIG.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 having light shielding properties is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted, but as shown in FIG. The substrate 7 may be overlapped. As a result, there is no gap between the substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28, so that the utilization efficiency of light propagating through the light guide plate can be increased.

(Embodiment 3)
A liquid crystal device according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the liquid crystal device according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the liquid crystal device 100 is different in the arrangement relationship between the heat sink 5 and the substrate 7 as compared with the above-described embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, and a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, as in the second embodiment. And a case 9 for storing them.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. Further, the adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the heat radiating plate 5.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat radiating plate 5 as a heat radiating member disposed opposite to the substrate 7 via the white LED 3. The heat radiating plate 5 is provided in contact with the white LED 3, and is further disposed in contact with a part of the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  In the illuminating device 8, in this embodiment, in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the radiator plate 5 is located on the upper side, and the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted is located on the lower side. The substrate 7 is disposed opposite to the substrate 7. Also in this embodiment, three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3a. The white LED 3 is arranged along the side surface 6c so that the light emitting portion 3a faces the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6. The heat radiating plate 5 is provided in contact with the white LED 3, and is further disposed in contact with a part of the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. Also in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which the metal layer 5b is laminated on the adhesive layer 5a. Therefore, the heat sink 5 is stuck and fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer 5a. The metal layer 5b used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 100 W / mK or more at room temperature may be used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer 5b is not limited to a single layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer 5b is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example. In the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  The heat radiating plate 5 is provided so that a part thereof overlaps the light guide plate 6 in a plan view, and the heat radiating plate 5 is disposed so as to integrally cover the three white LEDs 3. The heat radiating plate 5 is provided so as to be in contact with a portion other than the light emitting portion of the white LED 3, in other words, a portion other than a portion facing the light guide plate 6, and a portion other than the portion mounted on the substrate 7. Yes.

  As described above, when the white LED 3 is in contact with the heat radiating plate 5 having high thermal conductivity, heat generated from the white LED 3 can be propagated to the heat radiating plate 5 and can be radiated.

  The second embodiment differs from the second embodiment in the arrangement of the heat sink 5 and the substrate 7, but, similar to the second embodiment, the heat generated by the white LED 3 is radiated from the white LED 3 by the heat sink 5 to generate heat of the white LED 3. Since the temperature can be lowered and a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 as much as the heat generation temperature is lowered, the luminance of the white LED 3 can be improved. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

(Embodiment 4)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the liquid crystal device according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 to 12, the liquid crystal device 100 is different from the above-described embodiment in that the shape and arrangement of the heat sink 5 in the liquid crystal device 100 are different and there is no substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. .

  As shown in FIGS. 11 to 12, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses these. And have.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat radiating plate 5 as a heat radiating member that also serves as a substrate on which the white LED 3 is mounted. The heat radiating plate 5 is provided in contact with the white LED 3, and is further disposed in contact with a part of the first surface 6 a and the second surface 6 b of the light guide plate 6.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  In the illuminating device 8, in the present embodiment, there is no substrate 7 on which the white LED is mounted, and a plurality (three in the present embodiment) of the white LEDs 3 are brought into contact with portions other than the light emitting portion 3 a of the white LED 3. Thus, the one heat sink 5 is arrange | positioned. Furthermore, the heat sink 5 is disposed so as to cover a part of the first surface 6a and the second surface 6b of the light guide plate. As in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. The metal layer used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 100 W / mK or more at room temperature is preferably used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example, and in the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used.

  The heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet-like member as shown in FIG. 12, and is shown in a state in which it is not bent in FIG.

  According to the configuration including the white LED 3 described above, the light guide plate 6 that is irradiated with light from the white LED 3, and the flexible heat sink 5 provided so as to cover the white LED 3, the heat sink is more than the above embodiment. The white LED 3 can further dissipate the heat generated during light emission by the amount of contact area between the LED 5 and the white LED 3 and the white LED 3 can reduce the heat generation temperature. As a result, the luminance of the white LED 3 can be improved. That is, the heat generation of the white LED 3 can be reduced without reducing the efficiency of light emitted from the white LED 3 to the light guide plate 6.

(Embodiment 5)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the third embodiment, the white LED 3 is mounted on the substrate 7, but in the present embodiment, the white LED is mounted on the wiring board.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device according to the fifth embodiment.

  In FIG. 13, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses the lighting device 8.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like A terminal portion 21 that is electrically connected to the wiring substrate 120 by an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) is disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is provided. The white LED 3 is mounted on the wiring board 120, and the heat radiating plate 5 is disposed in contact with the surface opposite to the surface in contact with the wiring board 120. Also in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the heat sink 5 has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 is stuck and fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. The metal layer used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 90 W / mK or more at room temperature is preferably used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on a flexible wiring board 120 that is electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel 1. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6.

  The wiring board 120 includes a film-like base material 120a formed of, for example, polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, or polyester and having a first surface 120c and a second surface 120d. On the first surface 120c of the substrate 120a of the wiring board 120, for example, a copper wiring 120b that is conductively connected to the terminal portion 21 disposed on the overhanging portion 12 by ACF is formed. On the wiring board 120, an IC chip 118 as a mounting component having a circuit (such as a booster circuit) for generating a voltage to be applied to the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17, and mounting Electronic components such as chip capacitors (not shown) and resistors (not shown) are provided as components. In the present embodiment, the mounted components such as the IC chip 118, the chip capacitor, and the resistor are mounted on the first surface 120c of the substrate 120a. Further, the white LED 3 is mounted on the first surface 120c on the first surface 120c other than the region where the mounting component and the copper wiring 120b are not mounted and formed. In the embodiments other than the present embodiment, the description of the mounting component described above is omitted.

  As described above, it is also possible to adopt a structure in which white LEDs are mounted on the wiring board. Also in this embodiment, the heat radiation plate 5 is provided to dissipate heat generated during light emission from the white LEDs 3 to lower the heat generation temperature of the white LEDs 3. As a result, a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 as much as the heat generation temperature decreases, so that the brightness of the white LED 3 can be improved. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

  In this embodiment, a COG type liquid crystal device is taken as an example, and a circuit (a boost circuit) for generating a voltage to be applied to the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 as a mounting component. However, the present invention can also be applied to a COF type liquid crystal device. That is, a white LED can be mounted on a circuit board on which a driving IC as a mounting component that is electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel is mounted.

(Embodiment 6)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment, the liquid crystal panel is arranged so that the second substrate 11 having the overhanging region 12 is positioned on the backlight side. In the present embodiment, the first substrate having the overhanging region 12 is disposed. The liquid crystal panel is arranged so that 10 is located on the lighting device 8 side.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device according to the sixth embodiment.

  In FIG. 14, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses the lighting device 8.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of the liquid crystal device 100 thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the first substrate 10 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the second substrate 11 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface where the light emitted from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a, which is a light emission surface, to the first substrate 10 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat radiating plate 5 as a heat radiating member disposed opposite to the substrate 7 via the white LED 3. The heat sink 5 is provided in contact with the white LED 3, and is further disposed in contact with a part of the second surface 6 b of the light guide plate 6.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6. As in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. The metal layer used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 90 W / mK or more at room temperature is preferably used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example, and in the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  The heat radiating plate 5 is provided so that a part thereof overlaps the light guide plate 6 in a plan view, and the heat radiating plate 5 is disposed so as to integrally cover the three white LEDs 3. The heat radiating plate 5 is provided so as to be in contact with a portion other than the light emitting portion of the white LED 3, in other words, a portion other than a portion facing the light guide plate 6, and a portion other than the portion mounted on the substrate 7. Yes.

  As described above, when the white LED 3 is in contact with the heat radiating plate 5 having high thermal conductivity, heat generated from the white LED 3 can be propagated to the heat radiating plate 5 and can be radiated.

  As described above, the present invention can also be applied to a liquid crystal device in which the second substrate 11 having the overhanging region 12 is disposed to face the lighting device 8 through the first substrate 10. According to the configuration including the above-described white LED 3, the light guide plate 6 irradiated with light from the white LED 3, and the heat sink 5 provided so as to contact the white LED 3, the heat sink 5 emits light from the white LED 3 at the time of light emission. The heat generation can be dissipated to lower the heat generation temperature of the white LED 3, and a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 by the amount of the decrease in the heat generation temperature, so the brightness of the white LED 3 can be improved. Become. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

(Embodiment 7)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the liquid crystal device according to the seventh embodiment, and FIG. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device shown in FIG.

  The present embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that the shape of the heat sink 5 is increased.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 to 16, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses these. And have.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of a liquid crystal device thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat radiating plate 5 as a heat radiating member disposed opposite to the substrate 7 via the white LED 3. The heat sink 5 is provided in contact with the white LED 3, and is further disposed in contact with the second surface 6 b of the light guide plate 6.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6. As in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. The metal layer used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 90 W / mK or more at room temperature is preferably used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example, and in the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  In the present embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 is provided so as to be in contact with the white LED 3 and to be substantially overlapped with the entire reflecting sheet 27, and the light guide plate 6 and the heat radiating plate 5 through the reflecting sheet 27. Are arranged opposite to each other. Thereby, since the area of the heat sink 5 increases, the heat generated by the white LED 3 can be radiated more. Accordingly, the heat generated during light emission from the white LED 3 can be dissipated by the heat radiating plate 5 to further lower the heat generation temperature of the white LED 3, and a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 by the amount the heat generation temperature has decreased. Therefore, it becomes possible to improve the brightness | luminance of white LED3. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

(Embodiment 8)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the liquid crystal device according to the eighth embodiment, and FIG. 18 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device shown in FIG.

  The present embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that the heat radiating plate 5 is not provided and the reflective sheet 27 has a heat radiating function, and the reflective sheet 27 functions as a heat radiating plate.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 to 18, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses these. And have.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of a liquid crystal device thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. Reflection sheet 27. The reflection sheet 27 extends in contact with the white LED 3 in addition to being in contact with the light guide plate. In the present embodiment, for example, the reflection sheet 27 can be formed of a material having high thermal conductivity made of a material such as silver or aluminum, and the reflection sheet 27 can have a heat dissipation function.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6.

  In the present embodiment, by providing the reflective sheet 27 made of a material having high thermal conductivity in contact with the white LED 3, the reflective sheet 27 radiates heat generated during light emission from the white LED 3, thereby reducing the heat generation temperature of the white LED 3. As a result, a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 as much as the heat generation temperature decreases, so that the luminance of the white LED 3 can be improved. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

(Embodiment 9)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The present embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that a Peltier element is used instead of the heat sink 5.

  19 is an exploded perspective view of the liquid crystal device according to the ninth embodiment, and FIG. 20 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 19 to 20, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that houses these. And have.

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of a liquid crystal device thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a Peltier element 30 disposed opposite to the white LED 3 via the substrate 7 and the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6. One Peltier element 30 is fixedly disposed on the surface of the substrate 7 opposite to the surface on which the white LED 3 is mounted.

  The Peltier element 30 is a component that causes a phenomenon that one side is hot and the other side is cooled when a direct current is applied. In this embodiment, the surface that is cooled when the current is applied is in contact with the substrate 7. Provided. Thus, by providing the Peltier element 30, the heat emitted from the white LED 3 can be positively cooled, and the surface temperature of the white LED 3 can be lowered. Therefore, a larger amount of current can be passed through the white LED 3 as much as the heat generation temperature decreases, so that the luminance of the white LED 3 can be improved.

(Embodiment 10)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 21 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device according to the tenth embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the shape of the heat sink 5 is different from that in the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-like adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that stores these. .

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of a liquid crystal device thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat radiating plate 5 as a heat radiating member disposed opposite to the substrate 7 via the white LED 3. The heat sink 5 has a substantially rectangular shape as in the second embodiment, and has a shape in which the length of a side perpendicular to the side along which the plurality of white LEDs 3 are arranged is longer than that in the second embodiment. ing. And the one end part of the heat sink 5 is located in contact with the white LED 3 and the light guide plate 6 as in the second embodiment, but the other end of the heat sink 5 is the illumination device of the second substrate 11. It is in contact with the 8th surface.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6. As in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. The metal layer used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 90 W / mK or more at room temperature is preferably used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example, and in the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  As described above, when the white LED 3 is in contact with the heat radiating plate 5 having high thermal conductivity, heat generated from the white LED 3 can be propagated to the heat radiating plate 5 to be radiated, and further, compared with the second embodiment. Since the area of the plate 5 can be increased, the heat dissipation effect is improved. Therefore, the heat generated during the light emission from the white LED 3 can be dissipated from the white LED 3 by the heat radiating plate 5, and the heat generation temperature of the white LED 3 can be further lowered. Therefore, it becomes possible to improve the brightness | luminance of white LED3. In addition, for example, an illumination device has conventionally been configured using five white LEDs. In the present embodiment, in order to obtain light having the same level of brightness as the conventional device with the same amount of current, 3 Only two white LEDs need be used, and the number of LED components can be reduced.

(Embodiment 11)
A simple matrix liquid crystal device employing a COG method as an example of an electro-optical device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 22 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal device according to the eleventh embodiment. In the second embodiment, the reflection sheet 27 is disposed corresponding to the light guide plate 6. However, in the present embodiment, the reflection sheet 27 extends to the white LED 3 in addition to the light guide plate 6. Different in that it is.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the liquid crystal device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel 1, a lighting device 8, a frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 that bonds the liquid crystal panel 1 and the lighting device 8, and a case 9 that stores these. .

  The liquid crystal panel 1 includes a first substrate 10, a second substrate 11 having an overhang region 12 projecting from the first substrate 10, and the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 11 for bonding. A sealing material 13 provided at the peripheral edge of the substrate, an STN liquid crystal 14 as an electro-optical material disposed in a space formed by the first substrate 10, the second substrate 11, and the sealing material 13, and a pair of The first polarizing plate 15a and the second polarizing plate 15b are provided so as to sandwich the substrate.

  On the surface of the first substrate 10 facing the second substrate 11, a stripe-shaped first transparent electrode 16 made of a plurality of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) films is provided, and the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide or the like is formed so as to cover the surface. On the other hand, a striped second transparent electrode 17 made of a plurality of ITO films is provided on the surface of the second substrate 11 facing the first substrate 10 so as to intersect with the first transparent electrode 16. An alignment film (not shown) made of polyimide is formed so as to cover the second transparent electrode 17. In the liquid crystal device 100, pixels are formed by the first transparent electrode 16 and the second transparent electrode 17 facing each other and the liquid crystal 14 sandwiched therebetween. The optical characteristics of the liquid crystal 14 are changed by selectively changing the voltage applied to each pixel, and the light emitted from the illumination device 8 is modulated by passing through the liquid crystal 14 corresponding to each pixel. Thus, an image or the like can be displayed by modulating the light, and the display area, that is, the drive area in the liquid crystal panel 1 is substantially equal to the area surrounded by the sealing material 13.

  The above-mentioned frame-shaped adhesive sheet 28 has a light shielding property, and the opening of the adhesive sheet 28 includes a drive region. Furthermore, the adhesive sheet 28 has a higher reflectance on the surface on the lighting device 8 side than on the surface on the liquid crystal panel 1 side. Thereby, the loss of light propagating through the light guide plate 6 is suppressed by reflecting light on the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 on the light guide plate 6 side, and the surface of the adhesive sheet 28 from the liquid crystal panel 1 side on the liquid crystal panel 1 side is suppressed. Light absorption can be performed. The adhesive sheet 28 is provided so as not to overlap the substrate 7 on which the white LED 3 is mounted. Thereby, since the board | substrate 7 and the adhesive sheet 28 do not overlap, the distance of the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light-guide plate 6 can be shortened, and it becomes possible to make the thickness of a liquid crystal device thin.

  A driving IC 18 is mounted in the overhanging region 12, and wiring 19 formed by extending the second transparent electrode 17 electrically connecting the driving IC 18 and the second transparent electrode 17, the driving IC 18, and the like Terminal portions 21 for electrically connecting the wiring substrate 20 with an ACF (anisotropic conductive film) are disposed.

  The illuminating device 8 is disposed adjacent to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1, and the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 on the second substrate 11 side is on the light incident side on which light emitted from the illuminating device 8 is incident. The surface on the first substrate 10 side of the liquid crystal panel 1 is a light emission side surface through which the light irradiated from the illumination device 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 1 and is emitted from the liquid crystal panel 1.

  Next, the configuration of the lighting device will be described.

  The illuminating device 8 includes a plurality of light sources along the side surface 6c of the light guide plate 6 and a substantially rectangular light guide plate 6 that directs the first surface 6a that is a light emission surface to the second substrate 11 of the liquid crystal panel 1. In FIG. 3, three white LEDs 3 and a diffusion plate as a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed in order toward the liquid crystal panel 1 between the liquid crystal panel 1 and the light guide plate 6 when the liquid crystal device 100 is assembled. 23, a prismatic sheet 24, a prism sheet 25, a diffusion plate 26, and a rectangular sheet-like optical component disposed adjacent to the second surface 6b opposite to the first surface 6a serving as the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 6. And a heat sink 5 as a heat dissipating member disposed to face the substrate 7 with the white LED 3 interposed therebetween. In the present embodiment, an ESR (Enhanced Specular Reflector) reflective film 33 manufactured by Sumitomo 3M is used as the reflective sheet, and the reflective film 33 is positioned corresponding to the light guide plate 6 and the white LED 3. Furthermore, the heat sink 5 is disposed to face the white LED through the ESR reflection film 33. Since the ESR reflective film 33 is thin and has a high reflectance, the provision of the white LED 3 and the heat radiating plate 5 through the ESR reflective film 33 has an effect of achieving both reduction in luminance and high heat conduction.

  The light guide plate 6 is for irradiating the light emitted from the white LED 3 uniformly to the surface of the liquid crystal panel 1 with respect to the liquid crystal panel 1 arranged corresponding to the light guide plate 6. Formed from. The light emitted from the white LED 3 is irradiated toward the side surface 6 c that does not face the first surface 6 a of the light guide plate 6. The reflection sheet 27 is for reflecting the light emitted from the light guide plate 6 to the liquid crystal panel 1 side. The diffusion plates 23 and 26 are for making the luminance of light in the display screen more uniform. The two prism sheets 24 and 25 are for adjusting the orientation angle of the emitted light and improving the front luminance.

  Three white LEDs 3 are mounted on the substrate 7. The white LED 3 has a light emitting portion 3 a facing the light guide plate 6, and light is emitted from the light emitting portion 3 a to the light guide plate 6. As in the first embodiment, the heat radiating plate 5 has a structure in which a metal layer is laminated on an adhesive layer. Therefore, the heat sink 5 of the present invention is fixed to the white LED 3 by the adhesive layer. The metal layer used for the heat radiating plate 5 preferably has a high thermal conductivity. Specifically, a metal having a thermal conductivity of 90 W / mK or more at room temperature is preferably used. In this embodiment, one of copper foil and aluminum foil having high thermal conductivity and low cost is used. Of course, the metal layer is not limited to one layer of the same material, and may be a metal layer in which different materials are laminated. The thickness of the metal layer is preferably about 10 μm to 1 mm, for example, and in the present embodiment, a copper foil or aluminum foil having a thickness of 38 μm is used. Moreover, in this embodiment, the heat sink 5 is a flexible sheet form.

  In the present embodiment, the use of a thin ESR (Enhanced Specular Reflector) reflection film 33 manufactured by Sumitomo 3M as the reflection sheet makes it possible to achieve both prevention of luminance reduction and heat conduction.

(Application examples)
[Embodiment of Electronic Device]
Finally, an embodiment in which a liquid crystal device including the LCD 1 is used as a display device of an electronic device will be described. FIG. 23 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the present embodiment. The electronic device shown here has an LCD 200 similar to the above, and a control means 1200 for controlling the same. Here, the LCD 200 is conceptually divided into a panel structure 200A and a drive circuit 200B composed of a semiconductor IC or the like. The control unit 1200 includes a display information output source 1210, a display processing circuit 12260, a power supply circuit 1230, and a timing generator 1240.

  The display information output source 1210 includes a memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (Random Access Memory), a storage unit such as a magnetic recording disk or an optical recording disk, and a tuning circuit that tunes and outputs digital image signals. The display information is supplied to the display information processing circuit 1220 in the form of an image signal of a predetermined format based on various clock signals generated by the timing generator 1240.

  The display information processing circuit 1220 includes various known circuits such as a serial-parallel conversion circuit, an amplification / inversion circuit, a rotation circuit, a gamma correction circuit, and a clamp circuit, and executes processing of input display information to obtain image information. Are supplied to the drive circuit 200B together with the clock signal CLK. The drive circuit 200B includes a scanning line drive circuit, a data line drive circuit, and an inspection circuit. The power supply circuit 1230 supplies a predetermined voltage to each of the above-described components.

  FIG. 24 shows a mobile phone which is an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the invention. In the cellular phone 2000, a circuit board 2001 is disposed inside a case body 2010, and the above-described LCD 200 is mounted on the circuit board 2001. An operation button 2020 is arranged on the front surface of the case body 2010, and an antenna 2030 is attached from one end part so as to be able to appear and retract. A speaker is arranged inside the reception unit 2040, and a microphone is incorporated inside the transmission unit 2050.

  The LCD 200 installed in the case body 2010 is configured so that the display surface can be viewed through the display window 2060. It should be noted that the electro-optical device and the electronic apparatus of the present invention are not limited to the illustrated examples described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the electro-optical device described in the above embodiment can be applied to a simple matrix type or an active matrix type liquid crystal device using an active element (active element) such as a TFT (thin film transistor) or a TFD (thin film diode). it can. In the above embodiment, the details of the external connection circuit components that are connected to the LCD and supply the drive signal to the LCD are omitted, but the so-called COG type structure in which the driving semiconductor element is directly mounted on the LCD, It is possible to adopt a structure in which a flexible wiring board and a TAB board are connected to each other.

(Mobile personal computer)
FIG. 25 shows a mobile personal computer 310 which is an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the invention. The personal computer 310 shown here is composed of a main body 310a having a keyboard 310b and a liquid crystal display unit 310c. The liquid crystal display unit 310c includes a liquid crystal device incorporated in an outer frame, and this liquid crystal device can be configured using, for example, the liquid crystal device 100 shown in the above-described embodiment.

(Digital watch)
FIG. 26 shows a digital watch which is another embodiment of the electronic apparatus according to the invention. The digital watch 312 shown here includes a display unit 312c in addition to a main body 312a and a plurality of operation buttons 312b. The operation button 312b is installed on the outer frame 312d of the main body 312a, and the display unit 312c is incorporated in the outer frame 312d of the main body. The display unit 312c can be configured using, for example, the liquid crystal device 100 described in the above-described embodiment.

(Digital still camera)
FIG. 27 shows a digital still camera 313 which is still another embodiment of the electronic apparatus according to the invention. An ordinary camera sensitizes a film with a light image of a subject, whereas a digital still camera generates an image signal by photoelectrically converting a light image of a subject with an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device). is there.

  Here, a liquid crystal device is provided on the back of the case of the digital still camera 313, and a display is performed based on an image pickup signal from the CCD. For this reason, the liquid crystal device functions as a finder for displaying a subject. A light receiving unit 313b including an optical lens and a CCD is provided on the front side 313a of the case (the back side of the structure shown in FIG. 27). The liquid crystal device can be configured using, for example, the liquid crystal device 100 shown in the above-described embodiment. The photographer confirms the subject displayed on the liquid crystal display device, and presses the shutter button 313c to perform photographing.

(Touch panel)
FIG. 28 shows a device 314 having a touch panel on which a liquid crystal device is mounted. A device 314 having a touch panel is equipped with the liquid crystal device 100, and a liquid crystal display region 314a in which display is performed by the liquid crystal panel 1 constituting a part of the liquid crystal device 100, and a lower portion of the liquid crystal display region 314a in the drawing. A first input area 314c in which an input sheet 314b is disposed. The liquid crystal device 100 has a structure in which a rectangular liquid crystal panel 1 and a touch panel as a rectangular input panel overlap in a plane, the touch panel is larger than the liquid crystal panel 1, and the touch panel extends from one end of the liquid crystal panel 1. It has a protruding shape.

  A touch panel is disposed in the liquid crystal display area 314a and the first input area 314c, and an area corresponding to the liquid crystal display area 314a also functions as a second input area 314d that can be operated for input in the same manner as the first input area 314c. The touch panel has a second surface located on the liquid crystal panel 1 side and a first surface facing the second surface, and an input sheet 314b is pasted at a position corresponding to the first input region 314c on the first surface. ing. A frame for identifying the icon 314e and the handwritten character recognition area 314f is printed on the input sheet 314b. In the first input area 314c, selection of the icon 314e and character input in the handwritten character recognition area 314f are performed. Data input or the like can be performed by applying a load to the first surface of the touch panel with an input means such as a finger or a pen via the input sheet 314b. On the other hand, in the second input area 314d, an image of the liquid crystal panel 1 can be observed, and for example, a mode is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 1 to be described later, and the displayed mode is selected on the first surface of the touch panel. Data can be input by applying a load with a pen.

(calculator)
FIG. 29 shows a calculator which is another embodiment of the electronic apparatus according to the present invention. The calculator 315 shown here has a liquid crystal device incorporated as a display portion 315b in an outer frame having a plurality of operation buttons 315a. This liquid crystal device can be configured using, for example, the liquid crystal device 100 shown in the above-described embodiment.

(liquid crystal television)
FIG. 30 shows a liquid crystal television which is an embodiment of the electronic apparatus according to the invention. The liquid crystal television 316 shown here includes a main body 316a and a screen 316b. The screen 316b includes a liquid crystal device incorporated in an outer frame 316c, and the liquid crystal device 100 can be configured using, for example, the liquid crystal device described in the above-described embodiment.

(projector)
FIG. 31 is a plan view showing a configuration example of a projector. As shown in the figure, a projector 317 is provided with a lamp unit 317a composed of a white light source such as a halogen lamp. The projection light emitted from the lamp unit 317a is separated into three primary colors of RGB by four mirrors 317c and two dichroic mirrors 317d arranged in the light guide 317b, and serves as a light valve corresponding to each primary color. The light enters the liquid crystal devices 1R, 1B, and 1G.

  The liquid crystal devices 1R, 1B, and 1G are the liquid crystal device 100 described above, and are driven by R, G, and B primary color signals supplied via a driving IC, respectively. The light modulated by these liquid crystal devices is incident on the dichroic prism 317e from three directions. In the dichroic prism 317e, the R and B lights are refracted at 90 degrees, while the G light travels straight. Therefore, as a result of combining the images of the respective colors, a color image is projected onto a screen or the like via the projection lens 317f.

  In addition to the above examples, the electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a viewfinder type, monitor direct-view type video tape recorder, car navigation device, pager, electronic notebook, word processor, workstation, video phone, POS terminal. Etc. The liquid crystal device according to the present invention can be used as a display portion of these various electronic devices.

  In the embodiment described above, the liquid crystal device is described as an example of the electro-optical device. However, the electro-optical device of the present invention is not limited to the liquid crystal device, but also an organic electroluminescent device, an inorganic electroluminescent device, and a plasma display. The present invention can be applied to a device, an electrophoretic display device, a field emission display device (field emission display device), an LED display device (light emitting diode display device), and the like.

1 is a cross-sectional view of an electro-optical device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. 1 is a plan view of an electro-optical device according to Embodiment 1 of the invention. FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic perspective view which showed a part of illuminating device of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the graph which showed the relationship between the surface temperature of LED of each of the illuminating device in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and the conventional illuminating device, and an allowable forward current. It is a top view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the modification of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the modification of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 9th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 9th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device which concerns on the 10th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing of the liquid crystal device concerning the 11th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structural block of the electronic device of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the mobile telephone which is one Embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. 1 is a perspective view showing a mobile computer which is an embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the digital watch which is other Embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the digital still camera which is other embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the apparatus provided with the touchscreen which is other embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the apparatus provided with the calculator which is other embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the apparatus provided with the liquid crystal television which is other embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the apparatus provided with the projector which is other embodiment of the electronic device which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,200 ... LCD (liquid crystal panel, electro-optical panel), 3 ... White LED (light emitting diode, point light source), 3a ... Light emission part, 4 ... Case, 5 ... Radiating plate (heat radiating member), 5a ... Adhesive layer 5b ... metal layer, 6 ... light guide plate, 6a ... first surface (light emitting surface), 6c ... side surface, 7 ... substrate, 8 ... illuminating device, 10 ... electro-optical device, 27,33 ... reflective sheet, 118 ... IC chip, 120 ... wiring board, 1200 ... control means, 200B ... drive circuit, 1210 ... display information output source, 1220 ... display processing circuit, 1230 ... power supply circuit, 1240 ... timing generator, 2000 ... mobile phone, 2001 ... circuit board , 2010 ... case body, 2020 ... operation button, 2030 ... antenna, 2040 ... receiver, 2050 ... transmitter, 2060 ... display window.

Claims (4)

A lighting device having a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat dissipation member in contact with the point light source;
An electro-optic panel disposed to face the first surface of the light guide plate,
The heat radiating member is bent so that the point light source is located inward,
One end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with a second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate. Has been
The point light source is disposed on a side of the light guide plate,
The heat dissipation member is bent so as to cover the point light source,
An electro-optical device , wherein a surface of the point light source facing the light emitting surface and a surface adjacent to the surface facing the light emitting surface are in contact with the heat radiating member . A lighting device having a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat dissipation member in contact with the point light source;
An electro-optical panel disposed to face the first surface of the light guide plate;
A wiring board connected to the electro-optical panel ;
The heat radiating member is bent so that the point light source is located inward,
One end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with a second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate. Has been
The electro-optical device , wherein the wiring board overlaps with the heat radiating member outside the bent heat radiating member . A lighting device having a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat dissipation member in contact with the point light source;
An electro-optic panel disposed to face the first surface of the light guide plate,
The heat radiating member is bent so that the point light source is located inward,
One end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with a second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate. Has been
The heat radiating member is configured by laminating an adhesive layer and a metal layer, and the heat radiating plate and the point light source are fixed by the adhesive layer . A lighting device having a point light source, a light guide plate that irradiates light emitted from the point light source from the first surface, and a heat dissipation member in contact with the point light source;
An electro-optic panel disposed to face the first surface of the light guide plate,
The heat radiating member is bent so that the point light source is located inward,
One end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with the first surface of the light guide plate, and the other end of the bent heat radiating member is in contact with a second surface facing the first surface of the light guide plate. Has been
A plurality of the point light sources are provided in an array,
The electro-optical device , wherein the heat radiating member is fixed to each of the plurality of point light sources by the adhesive layer .

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