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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
AU Optronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Au Optronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A backlight module including a light guide plate, light source sets, and controlling circuits is provided. The light guide plate has a plurality of regions, and each region of the light guide plate has a light incident surface correspondingly. Each light source set is disposed at the light incident surface of one of the regions of the light guide plate, and each light source set has at least one middle light source and at least one edge light source. The middle light source is disposed in a middle region of the light source set and the edge light source is disposed at an edge of the light source set. Each controlling circuit is electrically connected to the middle light source of one of the light source sets, and the edge light source of each light source set is electrically connected to the controlling circuit of the adjacent light source set.