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Title:
FRONT LIGHT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3890192
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce generation of uneven brightness and enhance display quality.
SOLUTION: This front light 1 has a point light source 2; a square pillar- shaped light guide body 3 emitting light incoming from the point light source 2 as strip-shaped light; and a flat plate-shaped light guide plate 7 made from a light transmitting material, making light from the light guide body 3 incident from one end surface side, irradiating face-like illumination light against a liquid crystal panel 22, and transmitting forward reflecting light from the liquid crystal panel 22. The point light source 2 is arranged on end 3a side where an angle nearest to the central part of the light guide body 3 among angles formed by end surfaces and the extending direction of a stripe, of both ends 3a, 3b of the light guide body 3, is an obtuse angle.


Inventors:
Baba Masatake
Application Number:
JP2000391669A
Publication Date:
March 07, 2007
Filing Date:
December 22, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
nec LCD Technology Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
F21V8/00; G02B6/00; G02F1/1335; G02F1/13357; G09F9/00; F21Y101/02; (IPC1-7): F21V8/00; G02B6/00; G02F1/13357; G09F9/00; //F21Y101:02
Domestic Patent References:
JP200193315A
JP2002133929A
JP2002157908A
JP200011723A
JP11353917A
JP1138232A
Foreign References:
WO2000032981A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Seisei Nishimura