SURFACE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS

1 . A surface light-emitting device comprising:

a casing;

one or a plurality of point light sources arranged on a bottom surface of the casing;

a first diffusion member arranged at a light-outgoing side of the one or plurality of point light sources to be separated from the one or plurality of point light sources;

a reflection plate capable of transmitting light and arranged between the one or plurality of point light sources and the first diffusion member, wherein through holes are formed in a region of the reflection plate corresponding to each of the one or plurality of point light sources, the through holes in the region are located at a right above position of the corresponding point light source and positions surrounding the right above position such that the through hole located farther from the right above position has a greater opening size; and

a second diffusion member adjacent to the reflection plate and facing the one or plurality of point light sources or the first diffusion member.

2 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of point light sources are arrayed at regular intervals on the bottom surface of the casing,

the reflection plate includes constant-opening regions in each of which through holes having a same opening size are formed, and

each of the constant-opening regions is located above a middle of the neighboring point light sources.

3 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 2 ,

wherein the plurality of point light sources are located at grid points, and

the constant-opening regions of the reflection plate are arranged in a shape of a rectangular frame surrounding each of the grid points.

4 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 3 ,

wherein the plurality of point light sources are arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the casing at a first pitch and in a lateral direction of the casing at a second pitch, where the first pitch differs from the second pitch, and

a width of the constant-opening region extending between the neighboring point light sources in the longitudinal direction of the casing differs from a width of the constant-opening region extending between the neighboring point light sources in the lateral direction of the casing.

5 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 1 ,

wherein each of the one or plurality of point light sources consists of a white LED.

6 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 1 ,

wherein each of the one or plurality of point light sources consists of a cluster of LEDs with multiple colors, and

the through hole at the right above position of the each of the one or plurality of point light sources is located right above any one of the LEDs with multiple colors or right above a gravity point of the cluster.

7 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 6 ,

wherein each of the one or plurality of point light sources consists of a cluster of LEDs with three colors including a red LED, green LED and blue LED, the LEDs with three colors being arranged in line or at apexes of a triangle.

8 . The surface light-emitting device of claim 6 ,

wherein each of the one or plurality of point light sources consists of a cluster of LEDs including a red LED, green LED and blue LED arranged in line and white LEDs arranged at both sides of the line of the red LED, green LED and blue LED.

9 . A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising:

the surface light-emitting device of claim 1 ; and

a liquid crystal panel facing a light-emitting surface of the surface light-emitting device.