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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst Greiner, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 ;
Abstract
The invention describes a display screen ( ) with a backlight, comprising at least a light source ( ) and an optical guide plate ( ). The homogeneity of the light distribution is achieved by scattering the light rays on reflective indentations ( ) in the side faces ( ) of the optical guide plate ( ) and/or by recesses ( ) having vertical walls perpendicular to the front face ( ) and/or the back face ( ) of the optical guide plate ( ). The recesses ( ) with vertical walls also improve the coupling-out of the light to the backlight of the display screen ( ).