Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Electronic Devices, Ltd.

Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Displays, Ltd.

Hitachi Electronics Devices Co., Ltd.

Toshihiro Yajima

Seiichi Nishiyama

Shigetake Takaku

Yoshiharu Takeda

Shigeo Mikoshiba

Koji Hashimoto

Tomokazu Shiga

Yusuke Baba

Yasuhisa Shiraishi

Shigeki Nishizawa

Akiyoshi Tobe

Atsushi Tsuruoka

Shoichi Noguchi

A liquid crystal display device which can make the surface brightness of an edge-light-type backlight uniform is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight which radiates light to the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a light guide plate which is arranged on a back side of the liquid crystal display panel, a light source arranged on an outer peripheral portion of a first main surface of the light guide plate which faces the liquid crystal display panel in an opposed manner, and a reflection sheet which is arranged on a back side of the light guide plate as viewed from the liquid crystal display panel. The light guide plate is made of a transparent resin having a refractive index of 1.53 or less. On a surface of the light guide plate opposite to the first main surface, a second main surface which is substantially parallel to the first main surface and a plurality of inclined surfaces which are inclined at a preset angle with respect to the second main surface are formed. An angle of the inclined surface positioned near a position at which light from the light source is incident and an angle of the inclined surface positioned remote from the position at which the light from the light source from the light source is incident differ from each other.

Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates, at least one of which has patterned electrodes on an inner surface thereof, and a backlight disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight has at least one discharge tube including a sealed-off transparent tube, a phosphor film formed on an inner surface of the sealed-off transparent tube, and a discharge gas within the sealed-off transparent tube and plural electrodes spaced in a direction of an axis of the sealed-off transparent tube and positioned at least partially around a circumference of the sealed-off transparent tube. At least two adjacent ones of the plural electrodes is supplied with alternating voltages different in frequency from each other, respectively.

Liquid crystal display device having an improved backlight

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes: a light source including a discharge tube having no electrodes therein, and first and second electrodes disposed outside the discharge tube; and a power source which supplies first and second high-frequency voltages to the first and second electrodes, respectively. The first and second electrodes are disposed at two ends of the discharge tube in a direction of a longitudinal axis thereof, respectively. A length of a first wiring for coupling the power source to the first electrode is approximately equal to a length of a second wiring for coupling the power source to the second electrode.

There is provided a liquid crystal display device having a longer useful life and in which its so-called picture frame area can be narrowed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a display part in its central portion and a backlight disposed on a back side of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes a discharge tube having electrodes at least at its opposite ends, and the electrodes are disposed at the exterior of the discharge tube. The opposite end portions of the discharge tube where the respective electrodes are disposed are positioned to be superposed on the periphery of the liquid crystal display panel and are bent with an angle with respect to the central axis of the discharge tube.

Liquid crystal display

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Mobara, Japan

Toshihiro Yajima