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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1991
Keiji Kashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Yanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Fukunishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tosoh Corporation, Yamaguchi, JP;
Abstract
An improved backlighting device for liquid-crystal display panels comprising a linear light source the length of which is equal to or less than the length of an end portion of a light conducting plate at which light is admitted from the linear light source placed adjacent to it, the linear light source being enclosed with a light diffusing reflector that has a slit formed in the surface through which incident light is admitted into the light conducting plate and which is provided in such a way as to form a clearance from the surface of the linear light source, one major surface of the light conducting plate being partially covered with a light diffusing material under specified conditions that has a higher refractive index than the material of which the light conducting plate is made, the major surface being further covered with a specular or light diffusing/reflecting plate, with a plurality of light diffusing plates being provided on the other major (light emerging) surface of the light conducting plate.