Backlight module

Abstract

A backlight module includes a diffuser, a light guide plate, a reflection sheet, and a light source. The light guide plate includes a top face facing the diffuser, a bottom face opposite to the top face, a light entrance face interconnecting the top and bottom faces and adjacent to the light source, a plurality prismatic strips formed on the top face and extending substantially parallel to each other in a first direction transverse to the light entrance face, and a plurality of spaced apart light deflection protrusions which are arranged in rows along the first direction and each of which tapers outward from the bottom face. The reflection sheet includes a plurality of prismatic strips facing the bottom face of the light guide plate and extending substantially parallel to each other in a second direction transverse to the first direction.

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