Light Guide Plate Recesses Prevent Light Leakage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wedge-shaped light guide plates in LCD backlight assemblies suffer from light leakage and hot spots, leading to reduced light efficiency and display quality due to the inclined surface design, which causes light to exit prematurely before reaching the emitting region.
Innovation Solution
A light guide plate design featuring a main body portion and inclined light guide portions with recesses, where the recesses are shaped to maintain a light guiding angle below the critical angle, preventing light leakage and enhancing light efficiency, and optionally including a horizontal connecting portion for improved manufacturing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a wedge-shaped light guide plate is used to reduce thickness, then the light guide plate becomes thinner and slimmer, but light leaks out from the inclined surface and hot spots occur, reducing light efficiency and display quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating recesses at specific locations on the inclined surface where light leakage and hot spots occur. These recesses modify the local optical properties without changing the overall wedge shape, allowing light to be redirected properly while maintaining the thin profile. The recesses are strategically positioned to address local problems rather than redesigning the entire structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension by adding recesses that create micro-cavities on the inclined surface. This dimensional modification allows light that would normally leak out to be redirected through multiple reflections within the recess structures, effectively adding an optical path dimension that prevents premature light exit while maintaining the thin overall thickness.
2Length of moving object
If a wedge-shaped light guide plate is used to reduce thickness, then the light guide plate becomes thinner and slimmer, but hot spots occur, reducing display quality
Solution Approach 1:
The recesses are strategically positioned at locations where hot spots occur due to light concentration. By modifying the local geometry at these specific points, the patent redistributes light evenly across the emitting surface, eliminating hot spots and improving overall display quality without compromising the thin design.
3Loss of energy
If recesses are added to the inclined light guide portions, then light efficiency increases and hot spots are reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The inclined surface is segmented into multiple regions by creating discrete recesses at specific locations rather than modifying the entire surface. This segmentation approach allows light control at problem areas while leaving other regions simple, balancing improved light efficiency with manageable structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies specific geometric parameters (depth, width, and position of recesses) to optimize light control. By carefully controlling these parameters, the design achieves high light efficiency while keeping the recess structures simple enough for practical manufacturing, thus managing device complexity.
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 increases light efficiency and reduces hot spots, resulting in enhanced luminance and display quality by optimizing the light guiding angle and preventing premature light exit through the inclined surface, while also improving manufacturing quality.
Implementation Method 1
the light generated by the light source enters the light guide plate from the light incident surface, and then travels within the plate as long as the condition for total internal reflection exists
Data Source
AI summary
A light guide plate includes a main body portion and inclined light guide portions having at least one recess. The main body portion has a first light incident surface, a bottom surface that is adjacent to the first light incident surface, and a light emitting surface that is opposite to the bottom surface. The inclined light guide portions disposed on the main body portion have a second light incident surface and at least one inclined surface. The second light incident surface is connected to the first light incident surface of the main body portion. The inclined surface is connected to the light emitting surface of the main body portion. At least one recess is formed between the inclined light guide portions. In addition, a wedge-shaped body can further be formed between the main body portion and the inclined light guide portions.


