Patent ID: 6714185
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A display apparatus, comprising:a liquid crystal display panel comprising aback plate, said liquid crystal display panel having pixels arranged in pixel lines; an optical fiber mounted behind said back plate and parallel to a first pixel line of the liquid crystal display, said optical fiber having a reflective coating over a portion of an outer surface of the optical fiber for retaining light in the optical fiber, and a first diffusion line formed lengthwise on the outer surface of the optical fiber, said first diffusion line being of a same length as, and in lengthwise position corresponding to, the first pixel line, and said first diffusion line facing away from the liquid crystal display panel; a support plate having a first groove, said support plate being located behind the optical fiber, said optical fiber being mounted in said first groove of the support plate; and a light source for illuminating ends of said optical fiber; said first diffusion line being continuous in a lengthwise direction on the optical fiber.