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Holographic backlight for flat panel displays
Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-03-21
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Granted: 1997-07-22
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Expires: 2015-03-21
Abstract
Abstract An improved holographic backlight and liquid crystal display system. The holographic backlight comprises a cold cathode fluorescent tube for providing white light, and a light pipe disposed to receive the white light. A phase retarding film layer is attached to a first surface of the light pipe. A double-layer reflection/transmission hologram is disposed on an output surface of the light pipe opposite the film layer. Light from the cold cathode fluorescent tube is injected into the light pipe, and is diffracted off of the double-layer hologram. This produces quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors that is transmitted by the hologram in an array of red, green, and blue patches of light corresponding to the clear apertures of the red, green, and blue elements of an active matrix liquid crystal display. The result is a liquid crystal display with high display brightness, reduced battery power requirements, increased battery lifetime, and high contrast over a wide viewing angle.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald T. Smith
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 16:26
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/0001; G02B6/0011; G02B6/0033; G02B6/005; G02B27/00; G02B27/0025; G02B27/0037; G02B6/0035; G02B6/0045; G02B6/0046; G02B6/0055; G02B6/0066; G02B6/007; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/1336; G02F1/133615; G02F1/133621; H; H01; H01J; H01J61/00; H01J61/70; H01J61/76; H01J61/78; G02B6/0056; G02F1/133528; G02F1/133536; G02F1/13355; G02F1/13362
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A holographic backlight comprising: a white light source for emitting white light; a light pipe; light injecting means for injecting the white light from the white light source into the light pipe; a phase retarding layer disposed on a first surface of the light pipe; and a double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on an output surface of the light pipe, wherein the double-layer reflection/transmission hologram produces quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors that is transmitted in an array of red, green, and blue patches of light.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A holographic backlight comprising: a white light source for emitting white light; a light pipe; light injecting means for injecting the white light from the white light source into the light pipe; a phase retarding layer disposed on a first surface of the light pipe; and a double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on an output surface of the light pipe, wherein the double-layer reflection/transmission hologram produces quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors that is transmitted in an array of red, green, and blue patches of light.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the white light source comprises a cold cathode fluorescent tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the means for injecting comprises a non-imaging concentrator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the light pipe is tapered.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the double-layer reflection/transmission hologram comprises an array of reflection/transmission hologram doublets wherein each hologram doublet diffracts incident light of a certain incident angle and wave length band so as to select different angular position of the light injected into the light pipe.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the phase retarding layer has zero retardance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the double-layer reflection/transmission hologram is laminated to the first surface of the tapered light pipe.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
The backlight of claim 1 wherein the light pipe comprises a plane-parallel light pipe and wherein the backlight further comprises: a second white light source for emitting white light; second light injecting means for injecting the whim light from the second white light source into the light pipe; and a second double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on an output surface of the light pipe that is oriented orthogonal to the other hologram.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
159 words
A holographic backlight for use with a liquid crystal display, said backlight comprising: a cold cathode fluorescent tube for emitting white light; a non-imaging concentrator for concentrating the white light emitted by the fluorescent tube; a substantially flat tapered light pipe for receiving concentrated light provided by the concentrator and for providing an emitting surface that emits white light of substantially uniform brightness; a phase retarding film layer disposed on a first surface of the tapered light pipe; and a double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on a second, output surface of the tapered light pipe; and wherein light emitted by the cold cathode fluorescent tube is injected into the tapered light pipe and is diffracted off of the double-layer hologram so that quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors is transmitted thereby as an array of red, green, and blue patches of light corresponding to the clear apertures of the red, green, and blue elements of the liquid crystal display.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
159 words
A holographic backlight for use with a liquid crystal display, said backlight comprising: a cold cathode fluorescent tube for emitting white light; a non-imaging concentrator for concentrating the white light emitted by the fluorescent tube; a substantially flat tapered light pipe for receiving concentrated light provided by the concentrator and for providing an emitting surface that emits white light of substantially uniform brightness; a phase retarding film layer disposed on a first surface of the tapered light pipe; and a double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on a second, output surface of the tapered light pipe; and wherein light emitted by the cold cathode fluorescent tube is injected into the tapered light pipe and is diffracted off of the double-layer hologram so that quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors is transmitted thereby as an array of red, green, and blue patches of light corresponding to the clear apertures of the red, green, and blue elements of the liquid crystal display.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the liquid crystal display comprises an active matrix liquid crystal display.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the double-layer reflection/transmission hologram is laminated to the first side of the tapered light pipe.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
183 words
A liquid crystal display system comprising: a cold cathode fluorescent tube for emitting white light; a non-imaging concentrator for concentrating the white light emitted by the fluorescent tube; a light pipe for receiving the white light transmitted by the non-imaging concentrator; a phase retarding film layer disposed on a first surface of the light pipe; a double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on a second, output surface of the light pipe for diffracting the light emitted from the light pipe to produce quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors; a liquid crystal display disposed adjacent the hologram for receiving the quasi-collimated s-polarized light transmitted by the hologram; and a diffusing screen to spread the light into a desired angular viewing zone; wherein light emitted by the cold cathode fluorescent tube is injected into the light pipe and is diffracted off of the double-layer hologram to produce the quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors which is transmitted as an array of red, green, and blue patches of light corresponding to the clear apertures of the red, green, and blue elements of the liquid crystal display.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
183 words
A liquid crystal display system comprising: a cold cathode fluorescent tube for emitting white light; a non-imaging concentrator for concentrating the white light emitted by the fluorescent tube; a light pipe for receiving the white light transmitted by the non-imaging concentrator; a phase retarding film layer disposed on a first surface of the light pipe; a double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on a second, output surface of the light pipe for diffracting the light emitted from the light pipe to produce quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors; a liquid crystal display disposed adjacent the hologram for receiving the quasi-collimated s-polarized light transmitted by the hologram; and a diffusing screen to spread the light into a desired angular viewing zone; wherein light emitted by the cold cathode fluorescent tube is injected into the light pipe and is diffracted off of the double-layer hologram to produce the quasi-collimated s-polarized light having well-defined spectral colors which is transmitted as an array of red, green, and blue patches of light corresponding to the clear apertures of the red, green, and blue elements of the liquid crystal display.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 12 wherein the liquid crystal display comprises an active matrix liquid crystal display.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
11 words
The system of claim 12 wherein the light pipe is tapered.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
71 words
The system of claim 12 wherein the fight pipe comprises a plane-parallel light pipe and wherein the system further comprises: a second white light source for emitting white light; second light injecting means for injecting the white fight from the second white light source into the light pipe; and a second double-layer reflection/transmission hologram disposed on an output surface of the light pipe that is oriented orthogonal to the other hologram.
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