KR100710281B1 - Optical Reflective Diffusing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Module Using the Same - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a light reflecting diffuser plate suitable for preventing light loss while making transmitted light uniform.

The light reflecting diffuser plate comprises: a sheet of diffusely transmissive material through which light to be transmitted is transmitted perpendicularly to the surface and in a uniform distribution; And a gradation reflecting member provided on an incident surface of the sheet of diffusible transmissive material to reflect light.

By the above configuration, the light reflection diffuser plate can prevent the loss of light by allowing the light not transmitted to be reflected and recycled.

Description

Optical Reflective Diffusing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Module Using the Same}             

1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a liquid crystal display module.

FIG. 2 shows details of the diffuser plate shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing luminance characteristics of the backlight unit shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a liquid crystal display module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram specifically showing an embodiment of the light reflecting diffuser plate shown in FIG. 4; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing reflection and transmission characteristics of the light reflection diffuser plate shown in FIG. 5; FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view specifically showing another embodiment of the light reflecting diffuser plate shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing luminance characteristics of the backlight unit shown in FIG. 4; FIG.

The present invention relates to a diffuser plate that allows transmitted light to be uniform in a two-dimensional plane. The present invention also relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display device in which a back light unit is positioned below the liquid crystal panel.

A typical liquid crystal display device includes a backlight unit disposed under the liquid crystal panel to supply light to the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel is composed of two glass substrates on which an electrode made of a transparent conductive film, an alignment film and the like are laminated. These two glass substrates are polymerized to be spaced apart at predetermined intervals so that the surfaces face each other. These two glass substrates are joined by a sealing member located at their edges. Liquid crystal is inject | poured between two glass substrates. The polarizing plate is attached and bonded to the outer side surfaces of both glass substrates thus bonded.

There are several types of backlight units, for example, a light guide member made of a transparent synthetic resin plate for guiding light generated from a light source to a direction away from the light source and uniformly irradiating the entire liquid crystal panel; A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp disposed near one side of the body to be used as a light source, a diffuser plate disposed on the light guide to diffuse light from the light guide, and a light disposed below the light guide plate to receive light from the light guide. There is an edge type backlight unit composed of a reflecting plate to reflect in the direction.

In addition, a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps arranged and arranged directly on the lower part of the liquid crystal panel with the diffusion plate interposed therebetween, and located under the cold cathode fluorescent lamps to direct light from the cold cathode fluorescent lamps toward the liquid crystal panel. There is also a direct backlight unit composed of reflecting plates to reflect.

In addition to these components, components of a liquid crystal display device may include a plate to be positioned on the surface of the liquid crystal panel, driving IC chips mounted on the edge of the liquid crystal panel, signals for supplying these driving IC chips and the liquid crystal panel. There are a plurality of Tape Carrier Packages (TCPs) for electrically connecting a printed circuit board, a liquid crystal panel and a printed circuit board. Each of these members is protected by a top case and a frame, which are modular molded parts. The frame supports the components of the liquid crystal module, and the top case surrounds the edges of the sides and the surface of the liquid crystal module. To this end, the liquid crystal display window is provided in the top case.

In practice, a conventional liquid crystal display module includes a reflecting plate 12, a diffusion plate 14, a liquid crystal panel 16, and a polarizing plate 18 sequentially stacked on the plastic frame 10 as shown in FIG. 1. . A plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 are arranged between the reflecting plate 12 and the diffusion plate 14. The reflective plate 12, the plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20, the diffusion plate 14, the liquid crystal panel 16, and the polarizer 18 stacked on the plastic frame 10 are made of metal top case 22. Will be protected by). The top case 22 includes the sides of the plastic frame 10, the reflector 12, the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20, the diffuser 14, and the liquid crystal panel 16, and the sides and the surface of the polarizer 18. It will wrap around the edges.

The reflector plate 12, the plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 and the diffuser plate 14 arranged between the plastic frame 10 and the liquid crystal panel 16 constitute a direct backlight unit. Light generated from the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 is directly or reflected by the reflector 12 to pass through the diffuser plate 14. Light passing through the diffuser plate 14 is diffused by the diffuser plate 14 to uniformly irradiate the entire surface of the liquid crystal panel 16. The direct type backlight unit allows the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 to be disposed close to the diffusion plate 14 for thinning the liquid crystal display module. In this case, not only the shape of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 are visible to the user, but also the luminance is not uniform.

The diffusion plate 14 as shown in FIG. 2 is used to prevent the lamp shape perspective phenomenon and the luminance unevenness due to the proximity of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 and the diffusion plate 14. The diffuser plate 14 shown in FIG. 2 has a sheet of light diffusing material 24 on which gradation dots are printed. Gradient dots 26 are densely distributed near the centerlines of the lamps, while gradually becoming less distributed away from the lamps. The gradation dots 26 are provided by silk printing the ink with little reflectivity. These gradation dots 26 absorb light traveling from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20 or the reflecting plate 12 toward the diffusing material sheet 24 to reduce the amount of light passing through the diffusing material sheet 24. . In detail, the gradation dots 26 absorb more light in the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 are located and less light away from the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 so that the sheet of diffusing material ( The light passing through 24 is made uniform at the front of the sheet of diffusing material 24. As a result, the diffuser plate 14 including the light absorbing gradation dots is normal having a high level at the centerline of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 and a low position away from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20 as shown in FIG. The luminance characteristic graph 13 having the lowest level 13 in the luminance characteristic graph 11 is kept constant so that the shape of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20 does not appear. Here, the normal luminance characteristic graph 11 represents the luminance characteristic of the sheet of diffusible material 24 on which the light absorbing gradation dots 26 are not printed.

However, the backlight unit having the diffuser plate 14 on which the light absorbing gradation dots 26 are printed absorbs and blocks a part of the light generated by the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20, so that the absorbed and blocked light Of course, the light loss of the liquid crystal display module will lower the brightness.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light reflecting diffuser plate suitable for preventing transmission loss while making transmitted light uniform.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display module that can be thinned without deteriorating luminance.

In order to achieve the above object, the light reflection diffuser plate according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a sheet of diffusing transparent material for transmitting the light to be transmitted perpendicular to the surface and in a uniform distribution; And a gradation reflecting member provided on an incident surface of the sheet of diffusible transmission material to reflect light.

Liquid crystal display module according to an embodiment of the present invention is a liquid crystal panel; At least two or more light sources arranged below the light source for irradiating light onto the liquid crystal panel; A reflection plate positioned under the two or more light sources to reflect light from the light sources toward the liquid crystal panel; And disposed between two or more light sources and the liquid crystal panel such that the light from the light sources and the light reflected by the reflecting plate are gradually reflected as they move away from the light sources from the region where the light sources are located. And a light reflecting diffuser plate for irradiating perpendicular to the panel.

Other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above object will be apparent from the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 4 to 8 attached to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

4 illustrates a liquid crystal display module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The liquid crystal display module illustrated in FIG. 4 includes a reflecting plate 32, a light reflecting diffusion plate 34, a liquid crystal panel 36, and a polarizing plate 38 sequentially stacked on the plastic frame 30. A plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 40 are arranged between the reflecting plate 32 and the light reflecting diffuser 34. The reflective plate 32, the plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 40, the light reflecting diffuser 34, the liquid crystal panel 36, and the polarizing plate 38 stacked on the plastic frame 30 are made of a metal top case. Protected by (42). Top case 42 includes sides of plastic frame 30, reflector 32, cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40, light reflecting diffuser 34 and liquid crystal panel 36, and sides of polarizer 38. And the edges of the surface.

The reflecting plate 32, the plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps 40, and the light reflecting diffusion plate 34 arranged between the plastic frame 30 and the liquid crystal panel 36 constitute a direct backlight unit. Light generated by the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 is directly or reflected by the reflector 12 to pass through the light reflecting diffuser 34. Light passing through the light reflection diffuser 34 is diffused by the light reflection diffuser 34 to uniformly irradiate the entire surface of the liquid crystal panel 36.

In order to enable thinning of the direct type backlight unit and the liquid crystal display module and to maintain the luminance uniformly without degrading the luminance, the light reflection diffuser 34 according to the embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 5. As produced. Referring to FIG. 5, the light reflecting diffuser 34 includes a light diffusing material sheet 44 on which light reflective gradation dots 46 are printed. The light reflective gradation dots 46 are densely distributed near the centerlines of the lamps, whereas they are gradually distributed away from the lamp. Light reflective gradation dots 46 are provided by silk printing the reflective ink. Alternatively, the light reflective gradation dots 46 deposit any one of metallic materials (e.g., aluminum (Al) and silver (Ag), etc.) and reflective PET, etc. onto the sheet of diffusing material ( Specifically, it may be provided by sputtering) or by coating. These light reflecting gradation dots 46 reflect the light traveling from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 or the reflecting plate 32 toward the sheet of diffusing material 44 by the cold plate fluorescent lamp 40 by the reflecting plate 32. Some of the light in the region where) is located is dispersed to a region far from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40. As a result, the light reflective gradation dots 46 cause the light reflection diffuser plate 34 to have transmission and reflection characteristics as shown in FIG. Referring to the reflection characteristic graph 35 of FIG. 6, the light reflecting diffuser 34 allows a lot of light to be reflected in the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 is located, while moving away from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40. The less light is reflected. In contrast, the transmittance of the light reflection diffuser 34 has a minimum value in the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 is located, as shown in the transmission characteristic graph 37 of FIG. 6, while away from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40. The higher it gets, the higher the value. Light incident on the diffusing material sheet 44 by these light reflective gradation dots 46 is uniform at the front surface of the diffusing material sheet 44. The sheet of diffusible material 44 allows light passing therethrough to be irradiated perpendicularly and uniformly to the plane of the liquid crystal panel 36.

7 shows another embodiment of the light reflecting diffuser 34. Referring to FIG. 7, the light reflecting diffuser 34 includes a partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50 that is pressed onto the bottom surface of the sheet of diffusible material 48. The partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50 has a high reflectance in the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 is located, as shown in the reflection characteristic graph 35 of FIG. 6, while lowering away from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40. Losing reflectivity. In addition, the partial transmission / reflection sheet 50 has a low transmittance in the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 is located, as shown in the transmission characteristic graph 37 of FIG. 6, while the partial transmission / reflection sheet 50 is farther from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40. It has a high transmittance. The region having high transmittance and the region having high reflectance appear alternately on the partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50. The partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50 allows a portion of the light incident to the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 is located to be dispersed into the areas between the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 40. Thus, the light incident on the diffusing material sheet 44 is made uniform at the front surface of the diffusing material sheet 44 by the partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50. The sheet of diffusible material 44 allows light passing therethrough to be irradiated perpendicularly and uniformly to the plane of the liquid crystal panel 36. The light reflecting diffuser 34, to which the partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50 and the diffusing material sheet 48 are bonded, allows light to be irradiated on the front surface of the liquid crystal panel 36 with a uniform distribution while preventing light loss. do.

By the light reflecting diffuser 34 having such light reflecting gradation dots 46 or the light reflecting diffuser 34 having a partially transmissive / reflective sheet 50, the backlight unit is shown in FIG. As shown, the mid-level (ie, average value) of the normal luminance characteristic graph 31 having a high level at the center line of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps 20 and a low level at a position far from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20 is kept constant. The luminance characteristic graph 33 is provided so that the shape of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 40 does not appear. Referring to the luminance characteristic graph 33 of the backlight unit of the present invention and the luminance characteristic graph 13 of the conventional backlight unit, the backlight unit of the present invention has a higher luminance value than that of the conventional backlight unit. It can be seen that. Accordingly, the liquid crystal display module of FIG. 4 is irradiated with a uniform distribution on the entire surface of the liquid crystal panel 36 without losing light by the light reflection diffuser 34 shown in FIGS. 5 and 7. It becomes thin without deterioration.

As described above, the light reflection diffuser plate according to the present invention allows the concentrated light to be dispersed by reflection so that the light can be transmitted with a uniform distribution with respect to the two-dimensional plane without loss of light.

In addition, the liquid crystal display module according to the present invention can be thinned while preventing the deterioration of the brightness by causing the light of the region where the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is located by the light reflection diffuser to be injected into the areas away from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp.

As described above, the liquid crystal display module of FIG. 4 and the light reflection diffuser of FIGS. 5 and 7 have been described as embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention may be modified, changed, and modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that one of the ordinary skill in the art can understand that this can be accomplished. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (10)

A sheet of diffusely transmissive material that transmits light perpendicular to the surface and in a uniform distribution, Gradient dots are formed on the surface of the diffusing transparent material sheet, Wherein the gradation dots are densely distributed near the centerlines of the lamps emitting light and are less distributed between the lamps. The method of claim 1, The gradation dots, And a reflective ink is provided by silk printing on the surface of said sheet of diffusely transmissive material. The method of claim 1, The gradation dots, Reflective PET is provided by coating a surface of the sheet of diffusive transmission material. The method of claim 1, The gradation dots, A light reflecting diffuser plate, characterized in that one of the metal materials is provided by depositing on the surface of the sheet of diffusing transparent material. A sheet of diffusely transmissive material that transmits light perpendicular to the surface and in a uniform distribution, A partially transmissive / reflective sheet provided on the incident surface of the diffusing transparent material sheet to reflect light, The partial transmission / reflection sheet, And a region in which the lamps emitting the light are located and the lamps have alternating regions of high transmittance and reflectance of the light. With a liquid crystal panel, At least two light sources arranged below the light source to irradiate the liquid crystal panel with light; A reflection plate positioned below the two or more light sources to reflect light from the light sources toward the liquid crystal panel; Disposed between the two or more light sources and the liquid crystal panel so that the light from the light sources and the light reflected by the reflecting plate are gradually reflected away from the light sources from the region where the light sources are located and transmitted And a light reflection diffuser plate for causing the light to be irradiated perpendicularly to the liquid crystal panel. The method of claim 6, And the light reflection diffuser plate comprises dots provided by the reflective ink is silk printed. The method of claim 6, And the light reflection diffuser includes gradation dots provided by coating reflective PET. The method of claim 6, And the light reflection diffuser plate comprises gradation dots provided by depositing any one of metal materials. The method of claim 6, And the light reflection diffuser comprises a partially transmissive / reflective sheet having regions of alternating high transmittance and high reflectance.

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