WO2011102033A1 - 面光源装置、および当該面光源装置を備えた液晶表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a surface light source device and a liquid crystal display device including the surface light source device, and more particularly to a surface light source device having high front luminance and a liquid crystal display device including the surface light source device.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- the LCD basically includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display element unit, and includes a surface light source device as a backlight unit and a liquid crystal panel as a liquid crystal display element unit.
- the edge light type surface light source device has a configuration in which a light source is disposed on a side surface portion of a light guide plate and the entire surface of the light guide plate emits light.
- FIG. 9 shows details of a conventional edge light type surface light source device.
- FIG. 9A is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional surface light source device 11.
- FIG. 9B is a view showing a cross section of the conventional surface light source device 11.
- the surface light source device 11 is comprised by laminating
- a light source 8 is disposed on the side surface of the light guide plate 2, and the light source 8 is connected to the flexible substrate 9.
- the optical film 4 includes two lens sheets 4b between the diffusion sheet 4a and the diffusion sheet 4a, but some optical films 4 do not include the diffusion sheet 4b on the light shielding tape 7 side. There is also a surface light source device 11 that does not use the bezel 6.
- the surface light source device 11 has a light guide plate 2 in a resin frame 3 on the reflective film 5, and a light source 8 is provided on the side surface of the light guide plate 2. It has been.
- An optical film 4 is disposed on the light guide plate 2, and a light shielding tape 7 is disposed thereon. Each member is sealed in the bezel 6.
- the light source 8 such as a light emitting diode (LED), a semiconductor laser (LD), or a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) emits light
- the light from the light source 8 enters the light guide plate 2 of the surface light source device 11.
- LED light emitting diode
- LD semiconductor laser
- CCFL cold cathode fluorescent lamp
- the light from the light source 8 undergoes multiple reflection inside the light guide plate 2 and is emitted from the surface (light emission surface) of the light guide plate 2 on the liquid crystal panel (not shown) side.
- the light emitted from the light guide plate 2 is collected by the optical film 4 and irradiates the liquid crystal panel.
- the light from the light source 8 is efficiently guided to the liquid crystal panel side by the light guide plate 2 and condensed by the optical film 4.
- the reflection film 5 is a film for returning light leaking from the light guide plate 2 to the reflection film 5 side to the light guide plate 2.
- the light shielding tape 7 prevents light emitted from the light guide plate 2 to the liquid crystal panel from leaking to unnecessary portions.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a surface light source device in which a frame has an extremely high reflectivity and a large number of substantially similar basic units that are inclined on the light reflection surface of the frame are arranged. According to this, when the illumination light is emitted to the lower side of the light guide plate, the illumination light is efficiently reflected in the normal direction of the light guide plate due to the effect of the inclined light reflection surface.
- the illumination light when the illumination light is emitted in the normal direction of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, approximately half of the light beam is reflected directly from the light guide plate in the front direction, and the component not emitted in the normal direction is the component of the light guide plate. Since the light is emitted to the lower side (frame side), the illumination light can be efficiently reflected in the normal direction of the light guide plate by the effect of the inclined light reflecting surface.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an effective light emitting area 13 of a conventional surface light source device 11 and an active area 12 of an LCD.
- the size of the light guide plate 2 is the effective light emitting area 13 of the surface light source device 11, and the effective light emitting area 13 is larger than the active area 12 of the LCD. It is common to size. This is in consideration of a case where a deviation occurs when the liquid crystal display element portion and the backlight portion are bonded together. In addition, a case where a dimensional error occurs when the light guide plate 2 is formed is also taken into consideration.
- the front luminance of the surface light source device 11 is higher when the size of the light guide plate 2 is smaller.
- the surface light source device 11 is compared with the case where the light guide plate 2 is about 1 mm larger than the active area 12.
- the front brightness increases by 5%. Therefore, in the conventional surface light source device 11 in which the size of the light guide plate 2 (effective light emitting area 13) is about 1 mm larger than the active area 12 of the LCD, the front luminance of the surface light source device 11 is low.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a surface light source device having a high front luminance and a liquid crystal display device including the surface light source device.
- a surface light source device includes a light source that emits light to the outside, a light guide plate that emits light from the light emission surface while guiding light from the light source, and the light source. And a frame that stores the light guide plate, wherein at least a part of at least one of the side surfaces of the frame that faces the side surface of the light guide plate is located on the light emitting surface. It is an inclined surface or a curved surface that is inclined with respect to a vertical direction, and the inclined surface or the curved surface is directed to the light emitting surface side.
- the conventional surface light source device has low light use efficiency and low front luminance.
- the surface light source device in the surface light source device according to the present invention, at least part of the side surface of the frame that faces the side surface of the light guide plate is inclined or curved with respect to the direction perpendicular to the light emitting surface, and the inclination The surface or the curved surface faces the light exit slope side. Therefore, the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate is reflected by the inclined surface or curved surface (frame reflection surface) of the frame and directly emitted to the liquid crystal panel side. That is, since the light from the light source is also emitted from the area where the frame reflection surface is formed, the area of light emitted from the surface light source device (effective light emission area) is larger than in the conventional case.
- the effective light emitting area is larger than the size of the light guide plate. Therefore, even if the size of the light guide plate is made smaller than before, the effective light emitting area of the surface light source device can be kept larger than the active area of the liquid crystal display device. In other words, in the surface light source device according to the present invention, the size of the light guide plate can be reduced. If the size of the light guide plate is reduced, the amount of light per unit area is increased, so that the front luminance of the surface light source device is increased. Therefore, in the surface light source device according to the present invention, the front luminance of the surface light source device can be increased by reducing the light guide plate.
- a liquid crystal display device includes the above-described surface light source device and a liquid crystal panel.
- a liquid crystal display device including a surface light source device with high front luminance can be obtained.
- the effective light emitting area is larger than the size of the light guide plate. Therefore, even if the size of the light guide plate is made smaller than before, the effective light emitting area of the surface light source device can be kept larger than the active area of the liquid crystal display device. In other words, in the surface light source device according to the present invention, the size of the light guide plate can be reduced. If the size of the light guide plate is reduced, the amount of light per unit area is increased, so that the front luminance of the surface light source device is increased. Therefore, in the surface light source device according to the present invention, the front luminance of the surface light source device can be increased by reducing the light guide plate.
- a liquid crystal display basically includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display element unit, and includes a surface light source device as a backlight unit and a liquid crystal panel as a liquid crystal display element unit.
- An outline of the surface light source device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a cross section of the surface light source device 1.
- the surface light source device 1 has a light guide plate 2, a resin frame (frame) 3, an optical film 4, a reflective film 5, and a light source (not shown).
- the light guide plate 2 is disposed in the resin frame 3 on the reflective film 5, and the optical film 4 is further disposed thereon.
- the surface light source device 1 includes a light emitting diode (LED), a semiconductor laser (LD), a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL), or the like as a light source.
- a direct light system in which the light source is provided directly under the LCD can be employed, or an edge light system in which a light source is provided on the side surface of the light guide plate 2 can be employed.
- the light from the light source enters the light guide plate 2 of the surface light source device 1.
- the light from the light source undergoes multiple reflection inside the light guide plate 2 and is emitted to the outside from the surface (light emission surface) of the light guide plate 2 on the liquid crystal panel (not shown) side.
- the light emitted from the light guide plate 2 is collected by the optical film 4 and irradiates the liquid crystal panel.
- the light from the light source is efficiently guided to the liquid crystal panel side by the light guide plate 2 and condensed by the optical film 4.
- the reflection film 5 is a film for returning light leaking from the light guide plate 2 to the reflection film 5 side to the light guide plate 2.
- the side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is inclined. Therefore, when the light from the light source incident on the light guide plate 2 leaks to the side surface of the light guide plate 2, the light is reflected by the inclined surface portion of the resin frame 3 and emitted to the liquid crystal panel side.
- the effective light emitting area of the surface light source device 1 is expanded. In other words, the effective light emitting area of the surface light source device 1 can be kept larger than the active area of the LCD even if the size of the light guide plate 2 is made smaller than in the past. Therefore, since the light guide plate 2 can be made small, the front luminance of the surface light source device 1 can be increased.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the LCD 20 using the surface light source device 1.
- the LCD 20 includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display element unit.
- the LCD 20 includes the surface light source device 1 as a backlight unit and a liquid crystal panel 10 as a liquid crystal display element unit.
- the surface light source device 1 and the liquid crystal panel 10 have a light shielding tape 7. Connected through.
- the light shielding tape 7 is for preventing light irradiated from the light guide plate 2 to the liquid crystal panel from leaking to unnecessary portions.
- a light shielding tape 7 provided with an adhesive layer may be used as an adhesive tape, or a double-sided adhesive tape may be used separately.
- the liquid crystal panel 10 has a liquid crystal material sealed between a glass plate 15 on which a thin film transistor (TFT) or wiring is formed and a glass plate 16 on which a transparent electrode or a color filter is formed, and polarized on both sides thereof.
- a plate 17 is arranged.
- the surface light source device 1 includes the light guide plate 2, the resin frame 3, the optical film 4, the reflective film 5, and a light source (not shown).
- the light guide plate 2 is stored in the resin frame 3 on the reflection film 5, and the side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is inclined. At this time, at least a part of at least one of the side surfaces of the resin frame 3 facing the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is inclined with respect to the direction perpendicular to the light emitting surface. It suffices if it faces the exit surface side.
- An optical film 4 is disposed on the light guide plate 2, and the optical film 4 is supported by the resin frame 3.
- the optical film 4 generally has a lens sheet or a diffusion sheet.
- the optical film 4 includes a two-prism type in which two lens sheets having prism patterns perpendicular to each other are provided between two diffusion sheets.
- a part of the light of the light source incident on the light guide plate 2 leaks to the surface of the light guide plate 2 opposite to the liquid crystal panel 10 (on the reflective film 5 side) and to the side surface of the light guide plate 2.
- the light leaking to the reflective film 5 side is reflected by the reflective film 5 and returned to the light guide plate 2 again.
- the light returned into the light guide plate 2 undergoes multiple reflections within the light guide plate 2 and is emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing reflection of light emitted from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 in the conventional surface light source device 11.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is emitted toward the resin frame 3.
- the light is reflected by the side surface of the resin frame 3 and returned to the light guide plate 2 again.
- the conventional surface light source device 11 has low light utilization efficiency and low front luminance.
- the surface light source device 1 in the surface light source device 1 according to the present embodiment, at least a part of the side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is inclined with respect to the direction perpendicular to the light emitting surface.
- the inclined surface faces the light exit surface side. Therefore, the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is reflected by the inclined surface (resin frame reflection surface) of the resin frame 3 and directly emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side. That is, since the light from the light source is emitted also from the area where the resin frame reflecting surface is formed, the area of the light emitted from the surface light source device 1 (effective light emitting area 13) is smaller than in the conventional case. growing.
- the size of the light guide plate 2 is the effective light emitting area 13, but in the present embodiment, the effective light emitting area 13 is larger than the size of the light guide plate 2. Therefore, even if the size of the light guide plate 2 is made smaller than before, the effective light emitting area 13 of the surface light source device 1 can be kept larger than the active area 12 of the LCD 20.
- the surface light source device 1 can obtain the effective light emitting area 13 as shown in FIG.
- the light guide plate 2 corresponding to the effective light emitting area 13 is required. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the size of the light guide plate 2 by the amount obtained by subtracting the active area 12 of the LCD 20 from the effective light emitting area 13 (region 14 in FIG. 1), as compared with the conventional case.
- the front luminance of the surface light source device 1 is higher when the size of the light guide plate 2 is smaller. This is because when the size of the light guide plate 2 is small, the amount of light per unit area increases, and thus the front luminance of the surface light source device increases.
- the surface light source device 1 is compared with the case where the light guide plate 2 is made approximately 1 mm larger than the active area 12. The front brightness increases by 5%. Therefore, in the surface light source device 1 according to the present embodiment, the light guide plate 2 can be made small, so that the front luminance of the surface light source device 1 can be increased.
- the effective light emitting area 13 of the surface light source device 1 is generally larger than the active area 12 of the LCD. This is in consideration of a case where a deviation occurs when the liquid crystal display element portion and the backlight portion are bonded together. In addition, a case where a dimensional error occurs when the light guide plate 2 is formed is also taken into consideration.
- the surface light source device 1 according to the present embodiment the light reflected and emitted from the inclined surface (resin frame reflection surface) of the resin frame 3 has sufficient luminance. For this reason, even if the surface light source device 1 and the liquid crystal panel 10 are bonded together, the display quality of the LCD 20 is not affected.
- the light guide plate 2 can be made smaller than the active area 12 of the LCD 20. However, in this case, it is preferable to set the light guide plate 2 to an appropriate size in consideration of the balance between the effective light emitting area 13 of the surface light source device 1 and the active area 12 of the LCD 20.
- the side face of the resin frame 3 facing the light guide plate 2 is preferably provided with an inclination of about 30 ° to 60 °, depending on the inch size of the LCD 20. If it is in the said range, the light of the light source which leaked from the side surface of the light-guide plate 2 can be efficiently reflected in the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- the resin frame 3 does not necessarily need to be comprised with resin, For example, a sheet metal etc. are applicable.
- the resin frame 3 is preferably made of a white material that does not absorb light. According to this, the light leaking from the light guide plate 2 can be efficiently reflected to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- the inclined surface portion of the resin frame 3 may be provided with an uneven surface. According to this, when the light leaked from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is reflected by the inclined surface of the resin frame 3, the light can be diffused.
- the surface light source device 1 As described above, for the surface light source device 1 according to the present embodiment, either a direct light method in which a light source is provided directly under the LCD or an edge light method in which a light source is provided on the side surface of the light guide plate 2 can be applied.
- the edge light system is adopted for the surface light source device 1, it is necessary to provide an inclination on the side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2 that is not provided with the light source.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a fitting example of the light guide plate 2 and the resin frame 3.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a case where the light guide plate 2 and the resin frame 3 are not fitted.
- the side surface facing the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is provided with an inclination, but this is not necessarily limited thereto.
- an inclined member may be separately provided between the side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2 and the side surface of the light guide plate 2.
- the inclination is provided over the entire side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2, but this is not necessarily limited thereto.
- a slope may be provided on a part of the side surface of the resin frame 3 that faces the side surface of the light guide plate 2. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the LCD 20a using the surface light source device 1a in which a part of the side surface of the resin frame 3 is inclined.
- the side surface facing the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is partially inclined. Specifically, the lower part of the side surface is not inclined, and the upper part is inclined. According to this, out of the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2, the light emitted to the lower portion (not inclined portion) of the resin frame 3 is reflected by the resin frame 3 and enters the light guide plate 2. Returned again. On the other hand, of the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2, the light emitted to the upper portion (inclined surface portion) of the resin frame 3 is reflected by the inclined surface of the resin frame 3 and emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 can be returned to the light guide plate 2, The light can be emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is reflected by the inclined surface (resin frame reflecting surface) of the resin frame 3 and directly emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side. That is, since the light from the light source is emitted also from the area where the resin frame reflecting surface is formed, the area of the light emitted from the surface light source device 1a (effective light emitting area 13) is smaller than that in the conventional case. growing. Therefore, even if the size of the light guide plate 2 is made smaller than before, the effective light emitting area 13 of the surface light source device 1 can be kept larger than the active area 12 of the LCD 20. In this way, in the surface light source device 1a, the light guide plate 2 can be made small, so that the front luminance of the surface light source device 1a can be increased.
- the side surface of the resin frame 3 is not limited to the inclined surface as long as the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 can be reflected and emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- the side surface of the resin frame 3 can be a curved surface (curved surface). This will be described with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the LCD 20b using the surface light source device 1b in which the side surface of the resin frame 3 is curved in a convex shape.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the LCD 20c using the surface light source device 1c in which the side surface of the resin frame 3 is concavely curved.
- the side surface facing the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is curved. Specifically, the side surface is curved in a convex shape. The light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is emitted toward the resin frame 3, but the light is reflected by the curved surface of the resin frame 3 and emitted toward the liquid crystal panel 10. Thus, even when the side surface of the resin frame 3 is a curved surface, the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is reflected to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- At least a part of the side surface facing the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is curved with respect to the direction perpendicular to the light emitting surface, and the curved surface is on the light emitting surface side. If it is suitable for.
- the surface light source device 1c which curved the side surface which opposes the side surface of the light-guide plate 2 among the side surfaces of the resin frame 3 to concave shape may be sufficient. Even in this case, the light leaking from the light guide plate 2 is reflected by the curved surface of the resin frame 3 and emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate 2 is reflected by the curved surface (resin frame reflecting surface) of the resin frame 3 and directly emitted to the liquid crystal panel 10 side. . That is, since the light from the light source is emitted also from the area where the resin frame reflecting surface is formed, the area of the light emitted from the surface light source device 1a (effective light emitting area 13) is smaller than that in the conventional case. growing. Therefore, even if the size of the light guide plate 2 is made smaller than before, the effective light emitting area 13 of the surface light source devices 1b and 1c can be kept larger than the active area 12 of the LCD 20. Thus, in the surface light source device 1a, the light guide plate 2 can be made small, so that the front luminance of the surface light source device 1 can be increased.
- the entire surface of at least one of the side surfaces is the inclined surface or the curved surface.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate is efficiently reflected to the liquid crystal panel side.
- the inclined surface or the curved surface has an uneven surface.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate is reflected by the inclined surface or the curved surface of the frame, the light can be diffused.
- the frame is preferably made of a white material.
- the frame is preferably made of resin or sheet metal.
- the light leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate can be efficiently reflected to the liquid crystal panel side.
- the light source is preferably any one of a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser, and a cold cathode fluorescent lamp.
- the surface light source device can be applied to a display of a portable information device such as a notebook personal computer, a portable information terminal, a portable game device, or a cellular phone.
- a portable information device such as a notebook personal computer, a portable information terminal, a portable game device, or a cellular phone.
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液晶表示装置(LCD)は、基本的にバックライト部と液晶表示素子部とから構成されており、バックライト部として面光源装置を有し、液晶表示素子部として液晶パネルを有している。本実施形態に係る面光源装置の概要について、図1を参照して説明する。図1は、面光源装置1の断面を示す概略図である。
以下では、面光源装置1について、図2を参照して詳しく説明する。図2は、面光源装置1を用いたLCD20の構成を示す断面図である。
樹脂フレーム3の導光板2と対向する側面には、LCD20のインチサイズにもよるが、30°~60°程度の傾斜を設けることが好ましい。上記範囲内であれば、導光板2の側面から漏れ出た光源の光を効率良く液晶パネル10側に反射させることができる。なお、樹脂フレーム3は、必ずしも樹脂で構成されていなくても良く、例えば、板金等も適用可能である。なお、樹脂フレーム3は、光吸収のない白色材料で構成されていることが好ましい。これによれば、導光板2から漏れ出た光を液晶パネル10側に効率良く反射させることができる。
以上では、樹脂フレーム3の側面のうち、導光板2の側面に対向する側面の全面にわたって傾斜を設けていたが、必ずしもこれに限定されるわけではない。例えば、当該樹脂フレーム3の側面のうち、導光板2の側面に対向する側面の一部に傾斜を設けても良い。これについて、図6を参照して説明する。図6は、樹脂フレーム3の側面の一部を傾斜させた面光源装置1aを用いたLCD20aの構成を示す断面図である。
以上のように、本発明に係る面光源装置においては、上記少なくともいずれかの側面の全面が、上記傾斜面または上記湾曲面であることを特徴としている。
2 導光板
3 樹脂フレーム
4 光学フィルム
5 反射フィルム
6 べゼル
7 遮光テープ
8 光源
9 フレキシブル基板
10 液晶パネル
12 アクティブエリア
13 有効発光エリア
14 領域
15,16 ガラス板
17 偏光板
20,20a,20b,20c 液晶表示装置
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- 光を外部に出射する光源と、
上記光源の光を導光させながら、光出射面から外部に出射する導光板と、
上記光源および上記導光板を格納するフレームとを備えた面光源装置であって、
上記フレームの側面のうち、上記導光板の側面に対向する少なくともいずれかの側面における少なくとも一部は、上記光出射面に垂直な方向に対して傾斜している傾斜面または湾曲している湾曲面であり、当該傾斜面または当該湾曲面は上記光出射面側に向いていることを特徴とする面光源装置。 - 上記少なくともいずれかの側面の全面が、上記傾斜面または上記湾曲面であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の面光源装置。
- 上記傾斜面または上記湾曲面は、凹凸形状の表面を有していることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の面光源装置。
- 上記フレームは、白色材料で構成されていることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の面光源装置。
- 上記フレームは、樹脂または板金で構成されていることを特徴とする請求項4に記載の面光源装置。
- 上記光源は、発光ダイオード、半導体レーザ、および冷陰極蛍光ランプのいずれかであることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の面光源装置。
- 請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の面光源装置と、液晶パネルとを備えていることを特徴とする液晶表示装置。
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