# US 7,607,816 B2 · Light guide plate and backlight module adopting same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,816 B2 - Document ID: US7607816B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/847,286 - Filed: 2007-08-29 - Published: 2008-06-26 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2006-12-22 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Rui-Yong Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607816B2 ## CPC - G02B 6/0038: {Linear indentations or grooves, e.g. arc-shaped grooves or meandering grooves, extending over the full length or width of the light guide} - G02B 6/0016: {Grooves, prisms, gratings, scattering particles or rough surfaces} - G02F 1/133615: {Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract A light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a light emission surface intersects with the light incident surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the light emission surface. The light incident surface includes at least a first light receiving region and at least a second light receiving region. The first light receiving region has a distinctly different structure in comparison to the second light receiving region. One end of the first light receiving region communicates with the light emission surface, and the other end of the light receiving region communicates with the bottom surface. One end of the second light receiving region communicates with the light emission surface and, the other end of light receiving region communicates with the light emission surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light guide plate, comprising: a light incident surface comprising a plurality of first micro-prism arrays and a plurality of second micro-prism arrays; a top light emission surface comprising a plurality of third micro-prism arrays and a plurality of fourth micro-prism arrays; and a bottom surface; wherein the light incident surface is positioned between the top light emission surface and the bottom surface, the first and second micro-prism arrays extend from the bottom surface to the top light emission surface, each first micro-prism array is perpendicular to and aligned with a corresponding third micro-prism array, each second micro-prism array is perpendicular to and aligned with a corresponding fourth micro-prism array, each first micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of convex elements extending beyond the light incident surface, each second micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of concave elements defined in the light incident surface, each third micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of convex elements extending beyond the top light emission surface, and each fourth micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of concave elements defined in the top light emission surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first micro-prism arrays and the second micro-prism arrays are alternately aligned. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The light guide plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light incident surface further comprises a plurality of flat surfaces, and each flat surface is positioned between two adjacent first and second micro-prism arrays. ### Claim 4 A backlight module, comprising: at least two light sources; and a light guide plate comprising: a top light emission surface and a bottom surface; and a light incident surface between the top light emission surface and the bottom surface, the light incident surface adjacent to the at least two light sources, and comprising a plurality of first micro-prism arrays and a plurality of second micro-prism arrays, wherein the first and second micro-prism arrays extend from the bottom surface to the top light emission surface, each first micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of triangular-shaped convex elements extending beyond the light incident surface, each second micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of V-shaped concave elements defined in the light incident surface, and the vertex angle of each triangular-shaped convex element is equal to the vertex angle of each V-shaped concave element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The backlight module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the vertex angle of each triangular-shaped convex element and each V-shaped concave element is about 100 degrees. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The backlight module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first micro-prism arrays and the second micro-prism arrays are alternately aligned. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The backlight module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the light incident surface comprises a plurality of flat surfaces, and each flat surface is positioned between two adjacent first and second micro-prism arrays. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The backlight module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the top light emission surface comprises a plurality of third micro-prism arrays and a plurality of fourth micro-prism arrays, each first micro-prism array is perpendicular to and aligned with a corresponding third micro-prism array, each second micro-prism array is perpendicular to and aligned with a corresponding fourth micro-prism array, each third micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of triangular-shaped convex elements extending beyond the top light emission surface, and each fourth micro-prism array is comprised of a plurality of V-shaped concave elements defined in the top light emission surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The backlight module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the triangular-shaped convex elements of each first micro-prism array are parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other on the light incident surface, and the V-shaped concave elements of each second micro-prism array are parallel to each other and defined separately from each other in the light incident surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The backlight module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the triangular-shaped convex elements of each third micro-prism array are parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other on the top light emission surface, and the V-shaped concave elements of each fourth micro-prism array are parallel to each other and defined separately from each other in the top light emission surface.