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Date of Patent
December 22, 2009
Patent Application Number
11475102
Date Filed
June 27, 2006
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Patent abstract
A planar light source device having excellent in-plane uniformity of brightness includes an illuminator having an array of light sources, a light transmission plate in an optical path of light output by the illuminator, and a plurality of refractive diffusing elements on the light transmission plate, each refractive diffusing element providing more than two refractive surfaces in at least one vertical cross-section along the optical path at an angle determined in accordance with a pattern of the array of light sources. Each refractive diffusing element may be a polygonal prism or a microlens.
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