IP Library Granted Patent US 8,210,700
Granted Patent B2
US 8,210,700 · App. 12/542,694 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Backlight module

Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,210,700
App. No.
12/542,694
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A backlight module including a housing, a first reflector plate, a light guide plate, a second reflector plate and at least one light bar is provided. The first reflector plate is disposed on a bottom of the housing, and the light guide plate is disposed within the housing. The light guide plate includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a light emitting surface, and the first optical surface is adjacent to the first reflector plate. The second reflector plate is adjacent to the second optical surface of the light guide plate. The light bar is disposed between the first reflector plate and the light guide plate, and the light bar is opposite to the second optical surface.

Claims (14)

1. A backlight module, comprising:

a housing;

a first reflector plate, disposed on a bottom of the housing;

a light guide plate, disposed within the housing, and comprising a first optical surface, a second optical surface, and a light emitting surface, the second optical surface being connected to a periphery of the light emitting surface opposite to the first optical surface, wherein the first optical surface is adjacent to the first reflector plate;

a second reflector plate, disposed adjacent to the second optical surface of the light guide plate; and

at least one light bar, disposed between the first reflector plate and the light guide plate, wherein the light bar and the second reflector plate are located at opposite sides of the light guide.

2. The backlight module according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one optical film, wherein the optical film is disposed adjacent to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

3. The backlight module according to claim 2 , wherein the optical film comprises a diffusion film and a brightness enhancement film.

4. The backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the first optical surface has a pattern.

5. The backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the second optical surface has a plurality of slot structures.

6. The backlight module according to claim 5 , wherein a cross section of the slot structures is V-shaped, ellipse-shaped or trapezium-shaped.

7. The backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein a notch is respectively formed at two sides of the first reflector plate, so as to accommodate the light bar.

8. The backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the light bar is a light emitting diode (LED) light bar.

9. The backlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the light bar is a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2013
From: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
To: CPT TECHNOLOGY (GROUP) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030763/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2009
From: CHO, CHIN-HSING; FU, TSAO-YUAN
To: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023159/0766 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 98203480 U · Mar 6, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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