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A design of high optical efficiency wedge type light guide plate adopting twin inclined cylindrical surface
Author(s) -
Itoga Kenji,
Takaira Kazutada,
Sakai Seiji,
Fujino Toshiaki,
Satake Tetsuya,
Yuuki Akimasa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the society for information display
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1938-3657
pISSN - 1071-0922
DOI - 10.1002/jsid.599
Subject(s) - wedge (geometry) , luminance , optics , light emitting diode , materials science , light guide , diode , optoelectronics , physics , light source
We propose wedge type light guide plate (LGP) adopting twin inclined cylindrical surfaces (TICS) at the incident part of a LGP. It has higher optical efficiency than conventional wedge type LGP. In dimension of LGP which the thickness of incident part is 1.5 mm and that of luminance part is 0.7 mm, the optical efficiency of wedge type LGP adopting TICS is expected to be 96% in comparison with a normal flat LGP. In addition, there is an advantage to reduce the non‐uniformity of vicinity of light emitted diodes (LEDs) by TICS reflecting light laterally. However, it is necessary that the LED centers are aligned with the intersections of TICS. The misalignment of LED causes non‐uniformity of optical profile that is slightly larger than a normal LGP.