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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Shin Ito, Mihara, JP;
Masato Sumikawa, Kashihara, JP;
Yutaka Okada, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surface light source includes a light source and an optical waveguide plate. The light source serves to emit light. The optical waveguide plate has an incident end face where the light is incident and a light exit surface where the light incident on the incident end face exits. Further, the optical waveguide plate has a refractive index n. The incident end face has a plurality of concave portions. The angle between a plane formed by the plurality of concave portions and a tangent plane of the incident end face is not more than (90−2·arcsin(1/n)) degree.