IP Library Granted Patent US 8,174,022
Granted Patent B2
US 8,174,022 · App. 12/768,259 · Granted May 8, 2012

Flat panel display

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Patent No.
US 8,174,022
App. No.
12/768,259
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for forming a flat panel display includes disposing a light guide plate below a display panel, disposing at least one optical film between the display panel and the light guide plate, and disposing at least one illuminating device package in proximity to the light guide plate. The method for forming the illuminating device package includes forming a light emitting diode device over a substrate and forming a lens encapsulating the light emitting diode device. The lens includes two reflective surfaces disposed substantially symmetrically at either side of a central axis. The reflective surfaces is configured to reflect portions of light beams to at least one of the diffractive surfaces. The lens also includes a plurality of diffractive surfaces separating the reflective surfaces. The diffractive surfaces are configured to diffract the reflected light beams into a convergent angle. Each of the diffractive surfaces having a tilt angle respective to the central axis.

Claims (31)

1. A method for forming a flat panel display, comprising:

disposing a light guide plate below a display panel;

disposing at least one optical film between the display panel and the light guide plate; and

disposing at least one illuminating device package in proximity to the light guide plate,

wherein a method for forming the illuminating device package includes:

forming a light emitting diode device over a substrate; and

forming a lens encapsulating the light emitting diode device, the lens comprising:

two reflective surfaces disposed substantially symmetrically at either side of a central axis, the reflective surfaces being configured to reflect portions of light beams to at least one of the diffractive surfaces; and

a plurality of diffractive surfaces separating the reflective surfaces, the diffractive surfaces being configured to diffract the reflected light beams into a convergent angle, each of the diffractive surfaces having a tilt angle respective to the central axis.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the lens comprises:

forming a first diffractive surface contacting a first reflective surface to form a first acute angle,

forming a second diffractive surface contacting a second reflective surface to form a second acute angle; and

forming at least a third diffractive surface extending from the first diffractive surface to the second diffractive surface to form a hemispherical surface, a triangular surface, or a semi-vase-shaped surface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the light beams incident to each of the reflective surfaces is reflected to at least one diffractive surface and then diffracted and collected into a first convergent angle.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a second portion of the light beams is projected directly to the at least one diffractive surface, diffracted by the at least one diffractive surface, and collected into a second convergent angle after the light produced by the illuminating semiconductor device enters the lens.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the light beams incident to each of the reflective surfaces is reflected to the at least one diffractive surface after each reflective surface generates a total internal reflection.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lens comprises a polycarbonate (PC) lens, a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) lens, a resin lens, or a glass lens.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one optical film is a diffuser plate.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one optical film is a prism.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reflective surfaces are disposed symmetrically on both sides of the central axis.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least two diffractive surfaces are disposed symmetrically on both sides of the central axis.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein two of the diffractive surfaces form an acute angle respective to each reflective surface and the remaining diffractive surfaces form a hemispherical surface.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein two of the diffractive surfaces form an acute angle respective to each reflective surface and the remaining diffractive surfaces form a triangular surface.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the light beams from the light emitting diode device directly projected to the at least one diffractive surface is diffracted by the at least one diffractive surface and collected to a first convergent angle.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first convergent angle with respect to the central axis is between about +25 degrees and about −25 degrees.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one diffractive surface is configured to diffract the reflected light beams such that the diffracted light beams are substantially parallel to the central axis.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reflective surfaces disposed at either side of the central axis are separated.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first diffractive surface contacts a first reflective surface to form a first acute angle, a second diffractive surface contacts a second reflective surface to form a second acute angle, and at least one third diffractive surface extends from the first diffractive surface to the second diffractive surface to form a hemispherical surface.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first diffractive surface contacts a first reflective surface to form a first acute angle, a second diffractive surface contacts a second reflective surface to form a second acute angle, and at least one third diffractive surface extends from the first diffractive surface to the second diffractive surface to form a triangular surface.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first diffractive surface contacts a first reflective surface to form a first acute angle, a second diffractive surface contacts a second reflective surface to form a second acute angle, and at least one third diffractive surface extends from the first diffractive surface to the second diffractive surface to form a semi-vase-shaped surface.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first diffractive surface contacts a first reflective surface to form a first acute angle, a second diffractive surface contacts a second reflective surface to form a second acute angle, a third diffractive surface contacts the first diffractive surface to form a third acute angle, and a fourth diffractive surface contacts the second diffractive surface to form a fourth acute angle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032621/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2010
From: HUNG, CHEN-PIN
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024296/0014 →