Faceted light pipe

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1990-09-27

1991-09-24

Epps, Georgia

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Input/output coupler

362309, 362341, 362 27, 362 32, 362 31, 385 37, 385146, 385901, 359 48, 359 50, G02B 600

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050509462

ABSTRACT:
A light pipe used for backlighting liquid crystal displays has a planar front surface and a stairstepped or faceted back surface. Light is injected from the ends of the light pipe from cold or hot cathode, apertured, fluorescent lamps. The cold cathode lamps are preferably insulated to raise their operating temperature. The back surface has a series of planar portions parallel to the front surface connected by facets, which are angled so that the injected light reflects off the facets and through the front surface. A reflector having a planar, highly reflective, highly scattering surface or a sawtoothed or grooved upper surface is located adjacent to and parallel with the light pipe back surface to reflect light escaping from the back surface back through the light pipe to exit the front surface. The axis of grooves is preferably slightly skewed from the facet axis to reduce moire pattern development. A low scattering or loss diffuser is located adjacent to and parallel with the light pipe front surface to reduce moire pattern development. The liquid crystal display is located over the low scattering diffuser. A separate injector may be located between the lamp and the light pipe to better couple the light into the light pipe.

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patent: 4323951 (1982-04-01), Pasco
patent: 4528617 (1985-07-01), Blackington
patent: 4706173 (1987-11-01), Hamada et al.
patent: 4799137 (1989-01-01), Aho
patent: 4883333 (1989-11-01), Yanez

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