This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 103110331, filed Mar. 19, 2014, which is herein incorporated by reference.
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a light source assembly. More particularly, the present invention relates to a frame structure and a backlight module.
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However, the process for fabricating such a carrying frame 130 is relatively difficult and expensive, and the aforementioned conventional assembling process has many shortcomings. When inserting the light bar 150 into the accommodation space of the carrying frame 130, an assembler is not able to see the actual location of the light bar 150 directly, and thus fails to fix the light bar 150 to the correct position at the C-like structure 130a. If the light bar 150 is not be placed at the correct position, it often results in a light-incident surface of the light guide plate 170 disposed on the carrying frame 130 failing to effectively align with the light bar 150, thus seriously affecting the optical effect of the backlight module 100. Furthermore, the carrying frame 130 is likely to scratch the light guide plate 170 during the assembling process in which the light guide plate 170 is inserted into the carrying frame 130 inclinedly, thus seriously affecting the yield of the backlight module 100.
One aspect of the present invention is to provide a frame structure and a backlight module, in which a reflecting structure assembled on a frame body can be applied to change the overall assembling process of the backlight module. Therefore, when assembling the backlight module, an assembler may directly see the relative position between a light source and a light guide plate of the backlight module, and can ensure the light source to be aligned with a light-incident surface of the light guide plate, thus improving the yield of the backlight module. Furthermore, the reflecting structure may replace the conventional carrying frame. Because the fabrication of the reflecting structure is simple and low cost, the manufacturing cost of the backlight module is greatly reduced. Moreover, the reflecting structure can directly reflect the light near the light-incident surface of the light guide plate back to the light guide plate, thus increasing light use efficiency and improving optical appearance of the backlight module.
According to the aforementioned objects, a frame structure is provided. The frame structure includes a frame body and a reflecting structure. The reflecting structure is disposed inside the frame body. The reflecting structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the frame body. The second portion has elasticity and is elastically separated from the frame body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second portion and the first portion are at different elevations, and the reflecting structure further includes a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, in which a first angle is included between the third portion and the first portion, and a second angle is included between the third portion and the second portion.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame structure further includes a fixing structure combining the reflecting structure with the frame body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing structure further includes at least one extending portion and at least one opening portion corresponding to the extending portion, in which the extending portion is disposed on the first portion, and the opening portion is disposed on the frame body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the extending portion has a rounded corner.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing structure includes plural positioning posts and plural penetrating hole portions corresponding to the positioning posts, in which the positioning posts are disposed on one of the first potion and the frame, and the penetrating hole portions are disposed on the other one of the first potion and the frame.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the reflecting structure further includes plural microstructures respectively disposed on a surface of the first portion, a surface of the second portion and a surface of the third portion.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first angle is substantially equal to the second angle.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, a light guide plate, a light source, a frame body and a reflecting structure. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate. The light source is disposed on the back plate and is adjacent to the light guide plate. The frame body is adapted to be disposed above the back plate. The reflecting structure is disposed inside the frame body and covers the light source, in which the reflecting structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the frame body. The second portion is elastically separated from the frame body such that the second portion resiliently recovers and abuts against the light guide plate by elastic force.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second portion and the first portion are at different elevations. The reflecting structure further includes a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, in which a first angle is included between the third portion and the first portion, and a second angle is included between the third portion and the second portion.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the backlight module further includes a fixing structure combining the reflecting structure with the frame body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the light guide plate includes a light-incident surface, and the second portion of the reflecting structure abuts against the light guide plate near the light-incident surface.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second portion of the reflecting structure has a reflecting surface.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame body is movable in an unassembled state along a first direction to be disposed above the back plate in an assembled state, and the reflecting structure is movable in an unassembled state along a second direction to be disposed inside the frame body in an assembled state.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame body is moveable in an unassembled state along a first direction until the reflecting structure disposed on the frame body abuts against the light guide plate in an assembled state.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing structure further includes at least one extending portion and at least one opening portion corresponding to the extending portion, in which the extending portion is disposed on the first portion, and the opening portion is disposed on the frame body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the extending portion has a rounded corner.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing structure includes plural positioning posts and plural hole portions corresponding to the positioning posts, in which the positioning posts are disposed on one of the first potion and the frame, and the hole portions are disposed on the other one of the first potion and the frame.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the reflecting structure further includes plural microstructures respectively disposed on a surface of the first portion, a surface of the second portion and a surface of the third portion.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first angle is substantially equal to the second angle.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are by examples, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The invention can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
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In some embodiments, the frame structure 270 includes a frame body 271, a reflecting structure 273 and a fixing structure 275. The frame body 271 is adapted to be fixed on the back plate 210 for holding a liquid crystal panel. The reflecting structure 273 can be combined with the frame body 271 through the fixing structure 275. The reflecting structure 273 is used to reflect light generated by the light source 250 back to the light guide plate 230, so as to increase light use efficiency. In one embodiment, the reflecting structure 273 is made of metal or reflective material of nonmetal. Moreover the thickness of the reflecting structure 273 can be designed according to elastic modulus of different materials.
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On the other hand, a perpendicular distance D1 between the first portion 273a and the second portion 273b is designed according to a distance between the frame body 271 and the light guide plate 230, so as to enable the second portion 273b to abut against the light guide plate 230, thereby preventing the light leakage problem. As shown in
In the present invention, the reflecting structure 273 may have different designs from the aforementioned embodiments. Referring to
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Referring to Table 1-Table 3, Table 1 shows the results of luminance and uniformity by respectively measuring thirteen points on a conventional backlight module, and Table 2 shows the results of luminance and uniformity by respectively measuring thirteen points on a backlight module having a plastic reflecting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Table 3 shows the results of luminance and uniformity by respectively measuring thirteen points on a backlight module having a metal reflecting structure according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which the “thirteen points” are thirteen individual measurement points selected from twenty-five points equidistantly spaced on the backlight module. Further, the uniformity is the minimum luminance value of the thirteen points divided by the maximum luminance value of the thirteen points. For example, the uniformity of Table 1 is 3829/4549=84.17%.
It can be known from Table 1-Table 3 that, both the luminance of the backlight module having the metal reflecting structure and the luminance of the backlight module having the plastic reflecting structure are higher than the luminance of the conventional backlight module with no reflecting structure. Moreover, the central luminance of the conventional backlight module is 4549 nit, failing to meet the requirements of current industry which is 4600 nit. Therefore, the optical effect generated by the backlight module having, the reflecting structure is better than that generated by the conventional backlight module.
According to the aforementioned embodiments of the present invention, the reflecting structure assembled on the frame body can be applied to change the overall assembling process of the backlight module. Therefore, when assembling the backlight module, an assembler may directly see the relative position between the light source and the light guide plate, and can ensure the light source to be aligned with the light-incident surface of the light guide plate, thus improving the yield of the backlight module. Furthermore, the reflecting structure may replace the conventional carrying frame. Because the fabrication of the reflecting structure is simple and low cost, the manufacturing cost of the backlight module is greatly reduced. Moreover, the reflecting structure can directly reflect the light near the light-incident surface of the light guide plate back to the light guide plate, thus increasing light use efficiency and improving optical appearance of the backlight module.
Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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103110331 | Mar 2014 | TW | national |