Lighting device and display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKENJI TAKASE
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Abstract
The present invention provides a lighting device that is excellent in luminance uniformity and light use efficiency and allows for a narrower frame, and a display device including the lighting device. Provided is a lighting device including: a light guide plate; a light source disposed posterior to the light guide plate; a reflection member including a reflective surface facing a light emitting surface of the light source and a light incident surface of the light guide plate, disposed lateral to the light guide plate and the light source, the lighting device further including a reflective polarizing layer on the light incident surface of the light guide plate.
Claims6
A lighting device comprising:
- a light guide plate;
- a light source disposed posterior to the light guide plate;
- a reflection member including a reflective surface facing a light emitting surface of the light source and a light incident surface of the light guide plate, disposed lateral to the light guide plate and the light source,
- the lighting device further comprising a reflective polarizing layer on the light incident surface of the light guide plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.