LCD Backlight Bonding Units for Heat Dissipation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The fully sealed backlight structures of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels result in low heat dissipation efficiency due to heat being trapped inside, causing rapid temperature increases that affect the performance of the LCD panel.

Innovation Solution

A backlight structure with a flat backboard and independently arranged bonding units, such as strip-shaped adhesive tapes or independent bonding points, that allow for air circulation and expose part of the light sources' surface for heat dissipation, improving the heat dissipation area and efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If a fully sealed backlight structure is used, then the structural integrity and sealing are improved, but the heat dissipation efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidheat dissipation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The bonding units are divided into multiple independent units spaced apart from each other, creating a segmented structure that allows air circulation channels between adjacent units. This segmentation maintains structural integrity while enabling heat dissipation through the gaps, resolving the contradiction between sealing and heat dissipation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Temperature

If the bonding units are arranged with large spacing, then the heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but the structural stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipation efficiencyVSAvoidstructural stability
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The bonding units are designed with differentiated local characteristics: they provide strong bonding capability where needed (at the contact surfaces with light sources) while maintaining appropriate spacing in other areas to enable heat dissipation. This local quality differentiation allows the structure to simultaneously achieve stability and thermal management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Strength

If the contact surface area between light sources and bonding units is increased, then the bonding strength is improved, but the heat dissipation area of light sources deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebonding strengthVSAvoidheat dissipation area
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The bonding units contact only a portion of the light source surface rather than covering the entire surface. This partial action provides sufficient bonding strength to secure the light sources while deliberately leaving portions of the light source surface exposed for heat dissipation, thus resolving the contradiction between bonding strength and heat dissipation area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design enhances heat dissipation by creating gaps for air circulation and increasing the exposed surface area of the light sources, leading to improved thermal management and performance of the LCD panel.

Implementation Method 1

a heat generated during operation is difficult to diverge... gaps for air circulation exist between the plurality of light sources... promotes the heat dissipation rate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectConvection: Convection

Implementation Method 2

an area of a projection of a contact surface between the light sources and the bonding units on the backplane is less than or equal to an area of a projection of the light sources on the backboard... increases the exposed surface area of the light sources

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Data Source

PatentUS11320698B2Backlight structure, liquid crystal display panel and electronic device
Publication Date: 2022.05.03 WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A backlight structure, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an electronic device. The backlight structure includes a backboard, a plurality of bonding units spaced apart on the backboard, a plurality of light sources fixed to the backboard by the plurality of bonding units, wherein an area of a projection of a contact surface between the light sources and the bonding units on the backplane is less than or equal to an area of a projection of the light sources on the backboard.