Light guide plate assembly, backlight module and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11874487-B2
Application number	US-202318297318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2023
Priority date	Nov 9, 2022
Publication date	Jan 16, 2024
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024

Abstract

Provided are a light guide plate assembly, a backlight module, and a display device, which relate to the field of display technologies, and improve uniformity of the light intensity of light emitted from different areas in the light guide plate assembly. The light guide plate assembly includes a reflection portion having an aperture; and a transmission portion. At least part of the transmission portion is located in the aperture. The transmission portion includes a converging portion and a diverging portion. The converging portion is configured to make light that enters the converging portion be converged towards a direction away from a center of the aperture. The diverging portion is configured to make light that enters the diverging portion be diverged towards a direction away from the center of the aperture. The converging portion is located at a side of the transmission portion away from the center of the aperture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light guide plate assembly, comprising:
a reflection portion having an aperture; and
a transmission portion,
wherein at least part of the transmission portion is located in the aperture; the transmission portion comprises a converging portion and a diverging portion; the converging portion is configured to make light that enters the converging portion be converged towards a direction away from a center of the aperture, the diverging portion is configured to make light that enters the diverging portion be diverged towards the direction away from the center of the aperture; and the converging portion is located at a side of the transmission portion away from the center of the aperture.

2. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection portion comprises a reflection surface and a bottom surface that is located at a side adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly, and an angle α 1 is formed between the reflection surface and the bottom surface, where 0°<α 1 <90°.

3. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the diverging portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly comprises a second microstructure.

4. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the converging portion comprises a convex lens located at a side of the transmission portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly.

5. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 4 ,
wherein the reflection portion comprises a reflection surface that surrounds the aperture, and the reflection surface comprises a first edge adjacent to a light-exiting side of the light guide plate assembly; and
wherein a focus of the convex lens is located on the first edge or at a side of the reflection surface adjacent to the light-exiting side of the light guide plate assembly.

6. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the converging portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly comprises a first surface with a curvature of 0, and a distance between the first surface and a light-exiting surface of the light guide plate assembly decreases along a direction from an edge of the aperture to the center of the aperture.

7. The light guide plate assembly according to the claim 6 , wherein a surface of the diverging portion adjacent to the light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly comprises a second surface with the curvature of 0, and a distance between the second surface and the light-exiting surface of the light guide plate assembly decreases along the direction from the edge of the aperture to the center of the aperture.

8. The light guide plate assembly according to the claim 6 , wherein the diverging portion comprises a third surface adjacent to the light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly, and a distance between the third surface and the light-exiting surface of the light guide plate assembly first decreases and then increases along the direction from the edge of the aperture to the center of the aperture.

9. The light guide plate assembly according to the claim 8 , wherein the third surface comprises a first sub-surface adjacent to the first surface, and the first sub-surface and the first surface have a same curvature.

10. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the diverging portion comprises a concave lens located at a side of the transmission portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly.

11. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the diverging portion corresponds to the center of the aperture.

12. The light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the transmission portion adjacent to a light-exiting side of the light guide plate assembly comprises a third microstructure, and a distance between the third microstructure and the center of the aperture is greater than 0 in a direction parallel to a plane of the light guide plate assembly.

13. A backlight module, comprising a light-emitting element and the light guide plate assembly according to claim 1 , the light guide plate assembly being located at a light-exiting side of the light-emitting element.

14. The backlight module according to the claim 13 , wherein the light-emitting element is located at side of the transmission portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly, and at least part of the light-emitting element is located in the aperture.

15. The backlight module according to the claim 13 , wherein along a thickness direction of the backlight module, the light-emitting element at least partially overlaps with the diverging portion.

16. The backlight module according to the claim 13 , wherein along a thickness direction of the backlight module, the light-emitting element does not overlap with the converging portion.

17. The backlight module according to the claim 13 ,
wherein the converging portion comprises a convex lens located at a side of the transmission portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly; and
wherein an angle formed between a connection line connecting a focus of the convex lens and a center of the light-emitting element and a thickness direction of the backlight module is defined as β 11 , and a critical light-exiting angle of light emitted from the light-emitting element that satisfies a preset light intensity condition is defined as β 2 , where β 11 =β 2 .

18. The backlight module according to the claim 13 ,
wherein the converging portion comprises a convex lens located at a side of the transmission portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly; and
wherein a connection line connecting a focus of the convex lens and a center of the light-emitting element intersects with the convex lens at a first intersection point, and a tangent line of the convex lens at the first intersection point is perpendicular to the connection line connecting the focus of the convex lens and the center of the light-emitting element.

19. The backlight module according to the claim 15 ,
wherein a surface of the converging portion adjacent to a light-incoming side of the light guide plate assembly comprises a first surface;
wherein a distance between the first surface and a light-exiting surface of the light guide plate assembly decreases along a direction from an edge of the aperture to the center of the aperture; and
wherein an angle formed between the first surface and the thickness direction of the backlight module is defined as β 12 , and a critical light-exiting angle of light emitted from the light-emitting element that satisfies a preset light intensity condition is defined as β 2 , where β 12 +β 2 =90°.

20. A display device, comprising a display panel and the backlight module according to claim 13 , wherein the display panel is located at a light-exiting side of the backlight module.

Assignees

• Shanghai Tianma Micro Elect Co

Inventors

• Guo Zhanxiang
• Xu Yumin
• Chang Binbin
• Gao Zhaoxing
• Wang Wanzhen
• Sun Weiyang
• Bian Jianguo

Classifications

• G02B6/0018 Primary

  Redirecting means on the surface of the light guide · CPC title

• G02B6/0021

  for housing at least a part of the light source, e.g. by forming holes or recesses · CPC title

• G02B6/0031

  Reflecting element, sheet or layer · CPC title

• G02F1/133603 Primary

  with LEDs · CPC title

• G02F1/133607

  the light controlling member including light directing or refracting elements, e.g. prisms or lenses · CPC title