High luminance hybrid light guide plate for backlight module application

Opt Express. 2011 Oct 10;19(21):20079-87. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.020079.

Abstract

We introduce a hybrid backlight module, which consists of a hybrid light guide plate (HLGP) and a brightness enhancement film (BEF). The HLGP comprises functions of a conventional light guide plate, a reflector, and a BEF. The HLGP allows one-dimensional rays to be collimated. We add a BEF above the HLGP, and let the crossed-dimension rays to be collimated. Comparing with the conventional edge-lit backlight module, the optical efficiency improves to 1.3-times and the on-axis luminance improves to 3.7-times by using the hybrid backlight module.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Equipment Design
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Light
  • Lighting
  • Models, Statistical
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • User-Computer Interface