Direct back-lit light guide structure, light guide plate and back-lit module

A direct back-lit light guide plate, mounted in a direct back-lit module, the light guide plate having a light-ejection surface and a light-inject surface opposing to the light-ejection surface, an orthogonal X-Y-Z coordinate system being defined with the light guide plate, a thickness of the light guide plate being extended in a Z direction, an X direction and a Y direction extending on the light-inject surface, the direct back-lit module having at least one point-light source located aside to the light-inject surface, a direct light guide structure comprising at least one concave structure, located on the light-ejection surface of the light guide plate, each of the at least one point-light source being disposed corresponding to the at least one concave structure so as to have a light ray emitted by the at least one point-light source to irradiate the at least one concave structure;

• wherein each of the at least one concave structure has a central lowest point located at a place right above the at least one point-light source, and the central lowest point and the light-ejection surface are connected by continuous configurations;
• wherein the at least one point-light source comprises at least two point-light sources which are located under the light-injection surface of the light guide plate in a cluster manner by closing to one of lateral side of the light guide plate, the at least two point-light sources being evenly distributed to the light-inject surface of the light guide plate by extending in a longitudinal direction of the lateral side and by closing to a lower portion of the lateral side;
• wherein a reflection plate is mounted to a lateral side surface of the lateral side right at a place corresponding to the at least two point-light sources, the reflector plate reflecting light rays emitted by the at least two point-light sources totally back to the light guide plate;
• wherein the Y-Z cutting plane is perpendicular to both the lateral side and the light-ejection surface;
• wherein the continuous configurations of the concave structure on a Y-Z cutting plane crossing the central lowest point of the concave structure of the light guide plate are expressed as:
• Z1(y)=z01−a1*exp(−|y|/t1), for −r01<y<0;
• Equation 1:
• Z2(y)=z02−a2*exp(−|y|/t2), for 0<y<r02;
• Equation 2:
• wherein the z01 and the z02 are maximal thicknesses for a lateral portion and a main plate portion of the light guide plate, respectively;
• the main plate portion is in a +Y direction while the lateral portion is in a −Y direction;
• the a1 and the a2 are maximal depths to the central lowest point from tops of the lateral portion and the main plate portion, respectively;
• the t1 and the t2 are variables for the configurations of the concave structure at the lateral portion and the main plate portion, respectively;
• the r01 and the r02 are radii of the concave structure with respect to a Z axis passing the central lowest point for the configurations of the concave structure at the lateral portion and the main plate portion, respectively;
• the Z1(y) expressed as a thickness variable defines the configuration curve for the concave structure at the lateral portion while the Z2(y) expressed also as another thickness variable defines the configuration curve for the concave structure at the main plate portion;
• and, the y is a real number ranging between −r01 and r02;
• wherein 0.7≤t1≤1.4, 0.7≤t2≤1.5, 3 mm≤z02<7 mm, 3 mm<z01≤7 mm and 67%≤(a2/z02)<100%.

A direct back-lit module, comprising at least one point-light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate having a light-ejection surface and a light-inject surface opposing to the light-ejection surface, an orthogonal X-Y-Z coordinate system being defined with the light guide plate, a thickness of the light guide plate being extended in a Z direction, an X direction and a Y direction extending on the light-inject surface, the direct back-lit module having at least one point-light source located aside to the light-inject surface, a direct light guide structure comprising at least one concave structure, located on the light-ejection surface of the light guide plate, each of the at least one point-light source being disposed corresponding to the at least one concave structure so as to have a light ray emitted by the at least one point-light source to irradiate the at least one concave structure;

• wherein each of the at least one concave structure has a central lowest point located at a place right above the at least one point-light source, and the central lowest point and the light-ejection surface are connected by continuous configurations;
• wherein the at least one point-light source comprises at least two point-light sources which are located under the light-injection surface of the light guide plate in a cluster manner by closing to one of lateral side of the light guide plate, the at least two point-light sources being evenly distributed to the light-inject surface of the light guide plate by extending in a longitudinal direction of the lateral side and by closing to a lower portion of the lateral side;
• wherein a reflection plate is mounted to a lateral side surface of the lateral side right at a place corresponding to the at least two point-light sources, the reflector plate reflecting light rays emitted by the at least two point-light sources totally back to the light guide plate;
• wherein the Y-Z cutting plane is perpendicular to both the lateral side and the light-ejection surface;
• wherein the continuous configurations of the concave structure on a Y-Z cutting plane crossing the central lowest point of the concave structure of the light guide plate are expressed as:
• Z1(y)=z01−a1*exp(−|y|/t1), for −r01<y<0;
• Equation 1:
• Z2(y)=z02−a2*exp(−|y|/t2), for 0<y<r02;
• Equation 2:
• wherein the z01 and the z02 are maximal thicknesses for a lateral portion and a main plate portion of the light guide plate, respectively;
• the main plate portion is in a +Y direction while the lateral portion is in a −Y direction;
• the a1 and the a2 are maximal depths to the central lowest point from tops of the lateral portion and the main plate portion, respectively;
• the t1 and the t2 are variables for the configurations of the concave structure at the lateral portion and the main plate portion, respectively;
• the r01 and the r02 are radii of the concave structure with respect to a Z axis passing the central lowest point for the configurations of the concave structure at the lateral portion and the main plate portion, respectively;
• the Z1(y) expressed as a thickness variable defines the configuration curve for the concave structure at the lateral portion while the Z2(y) expressed also as another thickness variable defines the configuration curve for the concave structure at the main plate portion;
• and, the y is a real number ranging between −r01 and r02;
• wherein 0.7≤t1≤1.4, 0.7≤t2≤1.5, 3 mm≤z02<7 mm, 3 mm<z01≤7 mm and 67%≤(a2/z02)<100%.