Lighting apparatus and liquid crystal display

A lighting apparatus comprising a light source for emitting light, a linear photoconductor for reflecting the light incident on a plurality of light reflection portions formed on a reflection side from the light source, and causing the light to exit linearly from an exit side opposed to the reflection side, and a planar photoconductor optically coupled to the linear photoconductor, for causing the light entering from the linear photoconductor to exit in plane,

• the light emitted by the light source being introduced into the linear photoconductor through the end of the linear photoconductor,
• planes of the plural light reflection portions being respectively tilted at a plurality of different angles according to the positions of the light reflection portions so that the light exits substantially vertically to the longitudinal direction of the linear photoconductor,
• a direction of the light emitted from the planar photoconductor being substantially perpendicular to a plane of the planar photoconductor.

A liquid crystal display comprising a lighting apparatus including a light source for emitting light, a linear photoconductor for reflecting light incident on a plurality of light reflection portions formed on a reflection side from the light source and causing the light to exit linearly from an exit side opposed to the reflection side, and a planar photoconductor optically coupled to the linear photoconductor and causing the light entering from the linear photoconductor to exit in plane;

• and a liquid crystal panel illuminated by the lighting apparatus,
• the light emitted by the light source being introduced into the linear photoconductor through the end of the linear photoconductor,
• planes of the plural light reflection portions being respectively tilted at a plurality of different angles according to the positions of the light reflection portions so that the light emitted from the planar photoconductor is converged on a viewpoint.