The present invention relates to a backlight module technology, and in particular to, a reflective element and a backlight module using such reflective element.
According to the position of the light source, backlight modules can be classified into edge-lit backlight modules and direct-lit backlight modules. In direct-lit backlight modules, the light sources on the light board are arranged in a matrix. A diffusion plate is placed on the light board, and a lightbox distance between the light board and the diffusion plate serves as a light mixing region. However, currently, in the case of turning on all light sources of the direct-lit backlight module, the center region of the screen is always brighter than the surrounding regions, resulting in less than 60% light rays being uniform on the screen, thereby affecting the usage efficiency of the backlight module.
The present invention provides a reflective element applicable to a backlight module. Reflective elements with uneven top edges are used to change the uneven brightness in the backlight module, making the light rays on the screen of the display panel more uniform.
The present invention provides a reflective element suitable for applying to a light board. The light board includes a substrate and multiple light emitting components disposed on the substrate, and the reflective element includes multiple reflective cavities and multiple spacers.
Each reflective cavity is provided with an upper opening, a lower opening, and a peripheral wall. A peripheral-wall bottom edge of the peripheral wall is connected to the substrate, the lower opening of the reflective cavity corresponds to one light emitting component, and the peripheral wall of each reflective cavity includes multiple side walls. Each spacer includes a bottom surface, a first inclined surface, and a second inclined surface, where the bottom surface is connected to the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface. The spacers are disposed on the substrate, the bottom surface of each spacer is flush with the peripheral-wall bottom edge of the peripheral wall of the reflective cavity. The first inclined surface and the second inclined surface respectively serve as the side walls of adjacent two of the reflective cavities, and some of the spacers have a height difference between the top edge of the first inclined surface and the top edge of the second inclined surface.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the peripheral wall of the foregoing reflective cavity has a peripheral-wall top edge, and a spatial plane formed by the peripheral-wall top edges of the reflective cavities is not parallel to the substrate.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the spacers are classified into multiple high spacers and multiple middle spacers. A first height difference is present between the top edge of the first inclined surface of the high spacer and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the middle spacer.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the reflective cavities are classified into multiple first reflective cavities and multiple second reflective cavities. Some of the first reflective cavities are adjacent to some of the second reflective cavities, the side wall of the first reflective cavity and the side wall of the second reflective cavity adjacent thereto are respectively formed by the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the high spacer, and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the high spacer is higher than the top edge of the second inclined surface of the high spacer.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the reflective cavities are classified into multiple first reflective cavities and multiple second reflective cavities. Some of the first reflective cavities are adjacent to some of the second reflective cavities, at least one side wall of the first reflective cavity and at least one side wall of the second reflective cavity adjacent thereto are respectively formed by the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the middle spacer, and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the middle spacer is flush with the top edge of the second inclined surface of the middle spacer.
In an embodiment of the present invention, distribution regions of the reflective cavities are classified into a central region and at least one peripheral region. The first reflective cavities are distributed adjacent to each other in the central region, and the second reflective cavities are distributed in the peripheral region.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the peripheral region is provided in plurality, and the plurality of peripheral regions are respectively distributed at at least four corners of outermost peripheries of the central region.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the spacers are classified into multiple high spacers, multiple middle spacers, and multiple lower spacers. A first height difference is present between the top edge of the first inclined surface of the high spacer and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the middle spacer, and a second height difference is present between the top edge of the first inclined surface of the middle spacer and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the lower spacer.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the reflective cavities are classified into multiple first reflective cavities, multiple second reflective cavities, and multiple third reflective cavities. Some of the second reflective cavities are adjacent to some of the third reflective cavities, side walls of the second reflective cavities and the side walls of the third reflective cavities adjacent thereto are respectively formed by the first inclined surfaces and the second inclined surfaces of some of the middle spacers, the second height difference is present between the top edge of the first inclined surface of the middle spacer and the top edge of the second inclined surface of the middle spacer, and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the middle spacer is higher than the top edge of the second inclined surface of the middle spacer.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the reflective cavities are classified into multiple first reflective cavities, multiple second reflective cavities, and multiple third reflective cavities. Some of the second reflective cavities are adjacent to some of the third reflective cavities, at least one side wall of the second reflective cavity and at least one side wall of the third reflective cavity adjacent thereto are respectively formed by the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of some of the lower spacers, and the top edge of the first inclined surface of the lower spacer is flush with the top edge of the second inclined surface of the lower spacer.
In an embodiment of the present invention, distribution regions of the reflective cavities are classified into a central region, at least one transition region, and at least one peripheral region. The first reflective cavities are distributed adjacent to each other in the central region, and the second reflective cavities are distributed adjacent to each other in the transition region, and the third reflective cavities are distributed in the peripheral region.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the peripheral region is provided in plurality, and the plurality of peripheral regions are respectively distributed at at least four corners of outermost peripheries of the central region.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first height difference is equal to the second height difference.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first height difference is different from the second height difference, which includes, but is not limited to the following examples: The first height difference is greater than the second height difference, and the first height difference is an integer multiple of the second height difference, or the first height difference is smaller than the second height difference, and the second height difference is an integer multiple of the first height difference.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the reflective element further includes a frame disposed on the substrate and framing the reflective cavities.
The present invention provides a backlight module, including a light board, a reflective element, and an optical panel. The light board includes a substrate and multiple light emitting components disposed on the substrate. The reflective element includes multiple reflective cavities and multiple spacers. Each reflective cavity is provided with an upper opening, a lower opening, and a peripheral wall. A peripheral-wall bottom edge of the peripheral wall is connected to the substrate, the lower opening of the reflective cavity corresponds to one light emitting component, and the peripheral wall of each reflective cavity includes multiple side walls. The spacer includes a bottom surface, a first inclined surface, and a second inclined surface, where the bottom surface is connected to the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface. The spacers are disposed on the substrate, the bottom surface of each spacer is flush with the peripheral-wall bottom edge. The first inclined surface and the second inclined surface respectively serve as the side walls of adjacent two of the reflective cavities, and some of the spacers have a height difference between the top edge of the first inclined surface and the top edge of the second inclined surface. The optical panel is disposed on the reflective element, where the top edge of the first inclined surface or the top edge of the second inclined surface of the spacer closest to the optical panel is at a distance of 1 millimeter to 4 millimeters from the optical panel.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the optical panel is selected from a diffusion plate, a structural plate, or a combination thereof.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the structural plate includes a plate body and multiple microstructures, where the plate body has two opposite surfaces, and the microstructures are disposed on at least one of the two surfaces.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the microstructure is in a shape of a cross, a square pyramid, or a triangular pyramid.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the backlight module further includes an optical film assembly disposed on a side of the optical panel away from the reflective element.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the optical film assembly includes one of a beam-splitting film, a brightness-enhancing film, or a combination thereof.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the optical film assembly further includes a light conversion film and a blue light-filtering film.
In the present invention, the multiple spacers are used to separate multiple reflective cavities, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the spacer respectively serve as the side walls of two adjacent reflective cavities. Some of the spacers have a height difference between the top edge of the first inclined surface and the top edge of the second inclined surface, and therefore the light emitting components (for example, the light emitting diode) in the reflective cavity reflect different light rays, so as to achieve consistent brightness in the central region, the transition region, and peripheral region of the reflective element, thus improving the uniformity of the light rays on the screen of the display panel.
The present invention will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
The present invention will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments of this invention are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
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According to the foregoing description, in the reflective element 100B according to the third embodiment, through the configuration of the multiple high spacers 130a, 130a′, the multiple middle spacers 130b, 130b′, and multiple lower spacers 130c, the multiple reflective cavities 110 may be, for example, classified into multiple first reflective cavities 110a, multiple second reflective cavities 110b, and multiple third reflective cavities 110c. As shown in
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In an embodiment, the bottom surface 132 of the spacer 130 is connected to the first inclined surface 134 and the second inclined surface 136. When the top edge 138 of the first inclined surface 134 is flush with the top edge 138′ of the second inclined surface 136, the top edge 138 of the first inclined surface 134 is directly connected to the top edge 138′ of the second inclined surface 136 or both are connected via a horizontal connection surface 150. When the spacer 130 has a height difference between the top edge 138 of the first inclined surface 134 and the top edge 138′ of the second inclined surface 136, the top edge 138 of the first inclined surface 134 may be connected to the top edge 138′ of the second inclined surface 136 via a vertical surface structure 160, a step-like structure 170, or another combination method.
According to the foregoing description, in the reflective elements 100, 100A, 100B, 100C, 100C′, and 100D in the embodiments of the present invention, height differences are present between the top edges 138a of the first inclined surfaces 134a, 134a′ of the high spacers 130a, 130a′, the top edges 138b of the first inclined surfaces 134b, 134b′ of the middle spacers 130b, 130b′, and the top edge 138c of the first inclined surface 134c of the lower spacer 130c. Thus, the heights of the top edge 138a, the top edge 138b, and the top edge 138c change, for example, with an equal difference, an equal ratio, or in a random manner, such that the first height difference H1 is present between the top edge 138a and the top edge 138b, and a second height difference H2 is present between the top edge 138b and the top edge 138c. Description is made using the following examples, which is not limited thereto. When the heights of the top edge 138a, the top edge 138b, and the top edge 138c have an equal difference, the first height difference H1 is equal to the second height difference H2. When the heights of the top edge 138a, the top edge 138b, and the top edge 138c change in an equal ratio or a random manner, the first height difference H1 and the second height difference H2 are different, where the first height difference H1 may be, for example, greater than the second height difference H2 and the first height difference H1 is an integer multiple of the second height difference H2, or the first height difference H1 may be, for example, smaller than the second height difference H2 and the second height difference H2 is an integer multiple of the first height difference H1.
According to the foregoing description, the optical panel 20 is selected from a diffusion plate, a structural plate, or a combination thereof. In an embodiment not shown, the structural plate may, for example, include a plate body and multiple microstructures. The plate body has two opposite surfaces, and the microstructures are disposed on at least one of the two opposite surfaces of the plate body, and the microstructure may be constructed in a shape of a cross, a square pyramid, a triangular pyramid, or the like. Further, the optical film assembly includes one of a beam-splitting film, a brightness-enhancing film, or a combination thereof, or a light conversion film and a blue light-filtering film.
In the present invention, the multiple spacers are used to separate multiple reflective cavities, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the spacer respectively serve as the side walls of two adjacent reflective cavities. Some of the spacers have a height difference between the top edge of the first inclined surface and the top edge of the second inclined surface, and therefore the light emitting components (for example, the light emitting diode) correspondingly disposed in each reflective cavity reflect different light rays, so as to achieve consistent brightness in the central region, the transition region, and peripheral region of the reflective element, thus improving the uniformity of the light rays of the screen of the display panel.
While the invention has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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112119870 | May 2023 | TW | national |