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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2001
Hitoshi Taniguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Hira, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Ariyoshi, Toyohashi, JP;
Seiji Umemoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Other;
Abstract
To provide a reflection type liquid-crystal display device having an illuminator in front of the liquid-crystal display device, the illuminator having a light guide plate superior in light utilization efficiency, dots constituted by a plurality of small recess or protrusion portions for reflecting the light incident on the light guide plate toward the liquid-crystal display device are formed in or on a surface of the light guide plate which does not face the liquid-crystal display device. Each of the dots is set to have a substantially V-shape in section, the sectional inclination angle of the V-shape is set in a range of from 35 to 43°, and the sectional vertex angle of the V-shape is in a range of 70.6±2.5°.