Epson Imaging Devices Corporation

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Junya Mita

Yoshinori Momose

Shintaro Hama

Akemi Maruyama

Taiji Nakagawa

Seiji Morimoto

An illumination system includes a light source unit including a light source and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the light source. The light source is placed in the circuit substrate such that at least part of the light source overlaps the circuit substrate in the thicknesswise direction of the circuit substrate.

Illumination system, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus

In a liquid crystal display device provided with a backlight unit, creak reduction means is provided at least on one part of the areas where members constituting the liquid crystal display device such as the liquid crystal panel, the diffusion plate, the reinforcing plate, the frame of the liquid crystal display device and the back surface reflector for the backlight unit come into contact with each other. The creak reduction means may be a slippery film whose surface is fluorinated such as a fluororesin film, a polyacetal resin film, a polyethylene film, and a silicon coating film, or protrusions or protruding fins, or a friction reduction means such as silicon oil or fluorine oil, or a mutual displacement absorbing means such as a flexible sheet.

Liquid crystal display device

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Tottori, Japan

Junya Mita