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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2001
Machio Yamagishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Machio Yamagishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is an image display apparatus having pixels PXLs arranged in a matrix form, and comprises a display panel displaying images by reflecting external light from the front side or by having illumination light from the back side transmit therethrough, and a flat-type back light arranged at the back of the display panel and radiating the illumination light. Each pixel PXL is divided on a flat surface into a reflection area R for reflecting the external light incident from the front side of the display panel to display an image and a transmission area T for transmitting the illumination light incident from the back side of the display panel to display an image. The back light is a flat type, with layers consisting of electrodes (), () and a luminescent layer () sandwiched inbetween being formed on a substrate (), and radiates the illumination light generated from the luminescent layer () toward the transmission area T of each pixel PXL when voltage is applied between the electrodes (), ().