IP Library Granted Patent US 6,882,382
Granted Patent B2
US 6,882,382 · App. 10/448,416 · Granted Apr 19, 2005

Surface light source device and liquid crystal display assembly using the same

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Patent No.
US 6,882,382
App. No.
10/448,416
Granted
Apr 19, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface light source device includes a light guide plate which guides light upward and downward, a light quantity adjustment unit which is provided on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and adjusts the quantity of light above the light guide plate to be different from that below the light guide plate, an emitting device which is provided to at least one side of the light guide plate, and diffusion plates which are respectively installed at the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate. By adjusting the quantities of light radiated above and below the light guide plate, the brightness of an image can be easily adjusted.

Claims (29)

1. A surface light source device comprising:

a light guide plate which guides light upward and downward;

a light quantity adjustment unit which is provided on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and adjusts a quantity of the light above the light guide plate to be different from below the light guide plate;

an emitting device which is installed to at least one side of the light guide plate; and

diffusion plates which are respectively installed at the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate.

2. The surface light source device of claim 1 , wherein the light quantity adjustment unit comprises a corrosive surface which is formed by corroding at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate so as to adjust a transmittance of the light.

3. The surface light source device of claim 1 , wherein the light quantity adjustment unit comprises a light transmitting sheet having a different transmittance from that of the light guide plate.

4. The surface light source device of claim 1 , further comprising a brightness enhancement film which is attached to at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and resonates the light emitted from the emitting device so as to increase a brightness of the light.

5. The surface light source device of claim 4 , wherein the brightness enhancement film comprises a resonance layer and diffusion layers respectively attached to top and bottom surfaces of the resonance layer.

6. The surface light source device of claim 1 further comprising a light blocking device which is installed to at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate having the diffusion plates so as to have a radiation area above the light guide plate be different from that below the light guide plate.

7. A surface light source device comprising:

a light guide plate which guides light upward and downward; and

a brightness enhancement film which is provided on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and resonates the light so as to increase a brightness of the light.

8. The surface light source device of claim 7 , wherein the brightness enhancement film comprises a resonance layer and diffusion layers respectively attached to top and bottom surfaces of the resonance layer.

9. A liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly comprising:

first and second LCD devices which are stacked with respect to each other;

a light guide plate which is disposed between the first and second LCD devices and guides light upward and downward;

a light quantity adjustment unit which is provided on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and adjusts a quantity of the light above the light guide plate to be different from below the light guide plate;

an emitting device which is installed to at least one side of the light guide plate; and

diffusion plates which are respectively installed at the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate.

10. The LCD assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a light blocking device which restricts the light radiated to one of the first and second LCD devices to an area corresponding to the one of the first and second LCD devices.

11. The LCD assembly of claim 10 , wherein the light blocking device comprises a circuit board.

12. The LCD assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a brightness enhancement film which is attached to at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and resonates the light emitted from the emitting device so as to increase a brightness of the light.

13. A liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly comprising:

first and second LCD devices which are stacked with respect to each other;

a light guide plate which is disposed between the first and second LCD devices and guides light upward and downward;

an emitting device which is installed to one side of the light guide plate; and

a brightness enhancement film which is attached to at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and resonates the light emitted from the emitting device so as to increase a brightness of the light.

14. The LCD assembly of claim 13 , further comprising a light quantity adjustment unit which is provided on at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide plate and adjusts a quantity of the light above the light guide plate to be different from below the light guide plate.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 31, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028921/0334 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022010/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2003
From: SON, YANG-HAN
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014452/0649 →