IP Library Granted Patent US 7,658,502
Granted Patent B2
US 7,658,502 · App. 10/962,519 · Granted Feb 9, 2010

Back light structure of liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,658,502
App. No.
10/962,519
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A back light structure includes lamps for supplying light to an LCD panel, and a micro-lens formed on over or below the lamps, the micro-lens having a plurality of concave portions or convex portions.

Claims (12)

1. A back light structure of a liquid crystal display device comprising:

lamps for supplying light to the liquid crystal panel above the lamps;

a reflector under the lamps to reflect light from the lamps;

a first micro-lens over the lamps, the first micro-lens having a plurality of concave portions or convex portions, wherein a diffusion material is formed in the concave portions and the convex portions so that the diffusion material is disposed at the outer surface of the first micro-lens, thereby the light from the first micro-lens is propagating in the diffusion material, wherein the first micro-lens is concaved toward to the lamps; and

a second micro-lens on the reflector,

wherein a plurality of concave portions are formed in the reflector and the lamps are respectively disposed in the concave portions and the concave portions are contained with a transparent material having a different refractive index than air so that the lamps are surrounded by the transparent material, the surface of the transparent material being flat.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the first micro-lens has a pitch of a few micrometers to a few centimeters.

3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the first micro-lens is convexed toward the lamps.

4. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the first micro-lens is formed of a diffusion material.

5. The structure of claim 4 , wherein the diffusion material includes acrylic resin.

6. The structure of claim 1 , further comprising a diffuser plate over the first micro-lens.

7. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the reflector is formed as a micro-lens.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021754/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2004
From: MOON, JONG-WON; KIM, SUNG-JIN; LEE, SANG-YUN; KO, JEONG-HOON
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015892/0482 →