Mini LED Backlight Panel Splicing Gap Shadow Elimination

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Solution Overview

Problem

The splicing of Mini LED backlight panels in large-size LCD displays results in gaps between adjacent panels, leading to insufficient illumination and shadows due to the limited range of mini LEDs, affecting the display quality.

Innovation Solution

The design incorporates alternately disposed splicing teeth and grooves on the substrate body, with light-emitting units placed on the teeth, ensuring that the distance between the edge of the tooth and adjacent units is less than or equal to half the distance between regular units, allowing effective illumination of the gap and preventing shadows during panel splicing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If multiple lamp panels are spliced together to form a large-size backlight, then the display size is increased, but splicing gaps appear between adjacent panels causing shadows and affecting display quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebacklight display sizeVSAvoidshadow at splicing gap
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The invention divides the backlight panel into modular segments with splicing teeth and grooves at the edges. Each panel is segmented independently, allowing multiple panels to be assembled into a large-size backlight while maintaining uniform light emission across joints through the integrated light-emitting units on the splicing structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention merges the splicing structure with the light-emitting function by placing light-emitting units directly on the splicing teeth. This combination ensures that the splicing gaps are illuminated by the light-emitting units located at the edges, eliminating shadows and achieving seamless visual效果 across multiple panels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Illumination intensity

If light-emitting units are arranged in a matrix on the substrate, then uniform illumination is achieved, but the limited illumination range cannot cover the splicing gap

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveillumination uniformityVSAvoidillumination coverage range
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extends the illumination coverage by placing light-emitting units not only in the matrix on the substrate surface but also on the splicing teeth at the panel edges. This dimensional extension ensures that the illumination range covers the splicing gaps between panels, maintaining uniformity across the entire assembled backlight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Ease of manufacture

If splicing teeth and grooves are added to the substrate edge, then panel assembly is enabled, but the distance between light-emitting units increases at the splicing gap

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepanel assembly capabilityVSAvoidlight-emitting unit spacing consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The invention applies local quality by configuring light-emitting units specifically on the splicing teeth at the panel edges, with adjusted spacing relative to the matrix units. This local adjustment ensures that the pitch between light-emitting units remains consistent across the splicing gap, matching the regular matrix spacing and maintaining manufacturing precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

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

This configuration ensures that the light-emitting units at the splicing gap can adequately illuminate the area, preventing shadows and enhancing the display effect by maintaining a consistent illumination across the panel seams.

Implementation Method 1

at least one light-emitting unit arranged on a first surface of the substrate body in a matrix, and disposed on the at least one splicing tooth

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight Emitting Diode: Light Emitting Diode

Data Source

PatentUS11762237B2Backlight lamp panel, backlight module, and liquid crystal display
Publication Date: 2023.09.19 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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  • US11762237B2 patent drawing
  • US11762237B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Disclosed a backlight lamp panel, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. The backlight lamp panel includes a substrate body and at least one light-emitting unit, wherein at least one side edge of the substrate body is disposed with at least one splicing tooth and at least one splicing groove for accommodating a splicing tooth on other substrate body, the splicing tooth and the splicing groove are alternately disposed; and at least one light-emitting unit is arranged on a first surface of the substrate body in a matrix, and disposed on the splicing tooth. The substrate body is divided into at least one sub-region, each sub-region includes the light-emitting unit of at least one splicing tooth, and brightness of each sub-region is independently adjusted. A bottom of the splicing groove has a larger size than a notch of the splicing groove.