IP Library Granted Patent US 7,234,826
Granted Patent B2
US 7,234,826 · App. 11/085,310 · Granted Jun 26, 2007

Liquid crystal display device and backlight module thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,234,826
App. No.
11/085,310
Granted
Jun 26, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention mainly relates to a liquid crystal display device which comprises a casing and a backlight module; wherein the casing comprises a frame and an opening formed at a central region of the casing, the opening defining an active area; the backlight module used in providing light source via the active area comprises at least one lamp distributed equally in regions defined by the frame and the active area. The at least one lamp comprising an even luminance portion and a dense luminance portion, wherein the even luminance portion is located in the region defined by the active area while the dense luminance portion is located in the region defined by the frame. Because the dense luminance portion is located outside the active area in the invention, the luminance uniformity in the active area is raised without complex treatments thereby.

Claims (8)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a casing comprising a frame and an opening formed at a central region of the casing, the opening defining an active area; and

a backlight module adapted to provide light source for the liquid crystal display device, in which the backlight module comprises a housing and at least one lamp, wherein each lamp comprises an even luminance portion and a dense luminance portion, and the housing has at least one cavity corresponding to each lamp for accommodating the dense luminance portion of the lamp, wherein the cavity is disposed inside the active area.

2. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one lamp is shaped by a serpentine tube, which includes a plurality of straight tube parts forming the even luminance portion and a plurality of bent tube parts forming the dense luminance portion and connecting the straight tube parts sequentially.

3. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of U-shaped lamps, each of the lamps comprising two straight tube parts and a bent tube part connecting therebetween, wherein the straight tube parts form the even luminance portion and the bent tube parts form the dense luminance portion.

4. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a front housing and a back housing, and the front housing has three side walls to define the cavity.

5. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the back housing is used for reflecting the light from the lamp.

6. A liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , wherein the backlight module further comprises at least one inner side wall to define the cavity.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032604/0487 →
MERGER Recorded May 5, 2010
From: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024329/0752 →