Patent ID: 7384178
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
1. An illumination device for a flat panel display comprising: a light-guiding member for guiding light emitted from a light-emitting lamp, wherein the light-emitting lamp comprises a light-emitting device at least partially embedded in a lamp body comprising resin; wherein the lamp body has a reflection surface that reflects light from the light-emitting device and an emitting surface that is opposite to the reflection surface and irradiates the reflected light from the reflection surface toward the light-guiding member, wherein the light-emitting device is located between the reflection surface of the lamp body and the light-guiding member; wherein the emitting surface is formed to have a shape along the irradiated surface of the light-guiding member; and the reflection surface is formed to be curved in a lateral dimension extending parallel to a plane of the light-guiding member such that the reflected light becomes approximately parallel as it proceeds toward the light-guiding member after being reflected by the reflection surface; and wherein the light-emitting device is at least partially embedded in the lamp body at a side thereof at or proximate the emitting surface so that the light-emitting device is closer to the emitting surface of the lamp body than to the reflection surface of the lamp body.