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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sadeg M. Faris, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Aharon Hochbaum, Berkeley, CA (US);
Wnehua Niu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jiang Yingqiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Reveo, Inc., Elmsford, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 ; F21V 9/00 ; H04B 1/012 ; G02B 6/04 ; G02B 6/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 ; F21V 9/00 ; H04B 1/012 ; G02B 6/04 ; G02B 6/10 ;
Abstract
A backlight for a liquid crystal display (LCD) employing light recycling. In one embodiment the backlight includes a light guide fabricated from a substantially non-absorptive material and a reflective layer fabricated from a highly reflective material. In another embodiment the backlight includes a light source, a bundle of optical fibers, and a reflective layer fabricated from a highly reflective material, wherein the bundle of optical fibers is configured to receive light from the light source and distribute it to the reflective layer.