Patent ID: 6336728
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: F21Y,G02B

Abstract:
A luminaire for backlighting a flat panel display, the luminaire comprising:a fluorescent lamp having a plurality of lamp sections; a stack of optical components; and a light guide positioned between the fluorescent lamp and the stack of optical components, the light guide comprising: a first section extending across a width of the luminaire separating the plurality of lamp sections from the stack of optical components and adapted to substantially uniformly distribute light from the plurality of lamp sections toward the stack of optical components; and a plurality of leg sections, wherein each of the plurality of leg sections protrudes from the first section of the light guide to positions between adjacent ones of the plurality of lamp sections or to positions between one of the lamp sections and a side wall, the plurality of leg sections being adapted to redirect light from the leg sections of the fluorescent lamp into the first section of the light guide.