Light-Emitting Assembly With Border Reflection Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices suffer from light leakage issues, particularly in narrow border regions, which affect display quality and have not been adequately addressed by current structural designs.

Innovation Solution

A backlight module incorporating reflection-reducing components with specific reflectivity ratios, disposed in the non-display area, and reflective components in the display area, to minimize light leakage and enhance display quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If reflective components are used in the display area to enhance light utilization, then light emission intensity is improved, but light leakage at border regions increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight emission intensityVSAvoidlight leakage
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The backlight module is divided into distinct functional zones: a display area with reflective components for high light emission and a non-display area with reflection-reducing components to prevent light leakage. This spatial segmentation allows each region to be optimized for its specific function without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different optical properties are assigned to different regions of the backlight module. The display area uses high-reflectivity components to maximize light output, while the non-display area uses low-reflectivity components to minimize light leakage. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by allowing high illumination intensity where needed and preventing harmful light leakage where it occurs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Object-generated harmful factors

If reflection-reducing components are added to minimize light leakage, then light leakage is reduced, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight leakageVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The reflection-reducing components are integrated into the existing backlight module structure, combining multiple functions (light blocking, reflection reduction, and structural support) into unified elements. This merging approach reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the overall device architecture while still effectively minimizing light leakage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If multiple components are added to manage light reflection and distribution, then display quality is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The components in the backlight module are designed with multiple functions. For example, the reflective components serve both to enhance light emission in the display area and to act as structural elements. The reflection-reducing components simultaneously block light leakage and provide mechanical support. This multi-functionality reduces the total number of components needed and simplifies manufacturing processes while maintaining high display quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 solution effectively reduces light leakage at the border regions, improving the overall display quality of electronic devices by managing light reflection and distribution.

Implementation Method 1

a plurality of reflection-reducing components, a reflective component and a light source. The plurality of reflection-reducing components are disposed in the non-display area

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 2

The reflective component is disposed in the display area. The reflective component is disposed between at least one of the plurality of reflection-reducing components and the light source

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection: Reflection

Data Source

PatentUS20250327966A1Light-emitting assembly
Publication Date: 2025.10.23 INNOLUX CORP
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AI summary

A light-emitting assembly is provided, which has a display area and a non-display area. The light-emitting assembly includes a plurality of reflection-reducing components, a reflective component and a light source. The reflective components are disposed in the non-display area. In a top view, two of the reflection-reducing components are separated by a gap at a corner of the light-emitting assembly. The reflective component is disposed in the display area. The reflective component is disposed between at least one of the reflection-reducing components and the light source in the top-view. The reflection-reducing component includes a first glue layer and a substrate layer disposed on the first glue layer. A ratio of a reflectivity of the reflection-reducing component to a reflectivity of the reflective component is greater than or equal to 3% and less than or equal to 85%.