发明授权
- 专利标题: Illumination unit and display unit incorporating the same
- 专利标题(中): 照明单元和包含其的显示单元
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申请号: US12191369申请日: 2008-08-14
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公开(公告)号: US07905616B2公开(公告)日: 2011-03-15
- 发明人: Akitoyo Konno , Yoshifumi Sekiguchi , Makoto Tsumura , Ikuo Hiyama , Daisuke Kajita
- 申请人: Akitoyo Konno , Yoshifumi Sekiguchi , Makoto Tsumura , Ikuo Hiyama , Daisuke Kajita
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: Hitachi, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: Hitachi, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 代理机构: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP.
- 优先权: JP2007-229917 20070905
- 主分类号: G09F13/04
- IPC分类号: G09F13/04 ; G09F13/08 ; F21V7/04 ; F21V21/00 ; G02F1/1333
摘要:
An illumination device has at least one fluorescent tube, a lower frame supporting the fluorescent tube, a light diffusion plate which opposes the lower frame with the fluorescent tube being interposed therebetween for forward diffusion of output light of the fluorescent tube, a reflection sheet disposed along the fluorescent tube side of the lower frame for reflecting the fluorescent light toward the light diffuser plate, and an upside reflector covering an electrode of the fluorescent tube for reflecting the light toward the light diffuser. When letting a direction along a length of the fluorescent tube be a horizontal direction, a distance between the fluorescent tube and the reflection sheet at at least one of nearby portions of right and left ends of the illuminator is greater than such distance at a central portion thereof. A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus using the illuminator is also disclosed.