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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaru Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Fumihisa Hanzawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal display which comprises a light guide placed at the back of a liquid crystal display panel ; a first fluorescent tube disposed along at least one side of the light guide ; a second fluorescent tube disposed adjacent to the first fluorescent tube ; and a shielding component for shielding an incoming light directly entering from the second fluorescent tube into the first fluorescent tube , to reduce a deterioration of luminance that can occur in a backlight for a liquid crystal display panel.