Backlight module and liquid crystal display device

The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device, and the backlight module includes a back plate, a light guide plate and a light source. The back plate and the light guide plate are laminated. The back plate includes a mounting groove disposed at a first end of the back plate. The light source is arranged in the mounting groove. A light emergent surface of the light source faces a light incident surface of the light guide plate.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201820453224.1 filed on Apr. 2, 2018, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, for example to a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device.

BACKGROUND

Due to its small volume, low power consumption and non-radiation characteristic, a liquid crystal display (LCD) has been a mainstream product among flat panel display devices. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight module. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate that are oppositely arranged to form a cell, and liquid crystals are located between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The backlight module is configured to provide backlight for the liquid crystal display panel.

SUMMARY

A backlight module includes a back plate, a light guide plate and a light source. The back plate and the light guide plate are laminated. The back plate includes a mounting groove disposed at a first end of the back plate. The light source is arranged in the mounting groove, and a light emergent surface of the light source faces a light incident surface of the light guide plate.

In some embodiments, the light source includes chip-on-board packaged light emitting diodes.

In some embodiments, the light emergent surface of the light source is in contact with the light incident surface of the light guide plate.

In some embodiments, the light source includes a support member and a light emitting device, and the support member is located in the mounting groove, and the light emitting device and the support member are stacked.

In some embodiments, the backlight module further includes a light shielding member, and the light shielding member is disposed at one side of the light emitting device away from the support member.

In some embodiments, the light shielding member includes a first light shielding member and a second light shielding member, the first light shielding member is disposed at one side of the light emitting device away from the support member, and the second light shielding member is disposed at one side of the first light shielding member away from the light emitting device.

In some embodiments, the second light shielding member at least covers a side of the first light shielding member away from the light emitting device and an edge of the light guide plate adjacent to the light source.

In some embodiments, the backlight module further includes a flexible printed circuit board, the flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected with the light emitting device, and the flexible printed circuit board is disposed at one side of the support member away from the light emitting device.

In some embodiments, the backlight module further includes a diffusion film and a prism film, the diffusion film is disposed at one side of the light guide plate away from the back plate, and the prism film is disposed at one side of the diffusion film away from the back plate.

In some embodiments, the back plate and the support member are made of stainless steel or aluminum alloy.

In some embodiments, the backlight module further includes a reflective film disposed between the back plate and the light guide plate, and a reflective surface of the reflective film faces the light guide plate.

A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight module.

The backlight module includes a back plate, a light guide plate and a light source. The back plate and the light guide plate are laminated. The back plate includes a mounting groove disposed at a first end of the back plate. The light source is arranged in the mounting groove, and a light emergent surface of the light source faces a light incident surface of the light guide plate.

In some embodiments, the light source includes chip-on-board packaged light emitting diodes.

In some embodiments, the light emergent surface of the light source is in contact with the light incident surface of the light guide plate.

In some embodiments, the light source includes a support member and a light emitting device, the support member is located in the mounting groove, and the light emitting device and the support member are stacked.

In some embodiments, the backlight module further includes a light shielding member which is disposed at one side of the light emitting device away from the support member.

In some embodiments, the light shielding member includes a first light shielding member and a second light shielding member, the first light shielding member is disposed at one side of the light emitting device away from the support member, and the second light shielding member is disposed at one side of the first light shielding member away from the light emitting device.

In some embodiments, the second light shielding member at least covers a side of the first light shielding member away from the light emitting device and an edge of the light guide plate adjacent to the light source.

In some embodiments, the backlight module further includes a diffusion film and a prism film, the diffusion film is disposed at one side of the light guide plate away from the back plate, and the prism film is disposed at one side of the diffusion film away from the back plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a screen-to-body ratio of the liquid crystal display device is increased. A screen-to-body ratio is a ratio of an area of a screen of a liquid crystal device to an area of a panel of a liquid crystal device, and the panel consists of the screen and frame surrounding the screen.

Some embodiments provide a backlight module100. As shown inFIG. 1, the backlight module100includes a back plate101, a light guide plate102, a mounting groove103and a light source104.

The back plate101and the light guide plate102are laminated.

FIG. 2is a top view of the back plate101. As shown inFIG. 2, the mounting groove103is disposed at a first end of the back plate101.

As shown inFIG. 1, a light source104is arranged in the mounting groove103, and the light emergent surface105of the light source104faces the light incident surface106of the light guide plate102.

In the above embodiments, the back plate of the backlight module is provided with a mounting groove at the first end of the back plate, the light source is arranged in the mounting groove, and the light emergent surface of the light source faces the light incident surface of the light guide plate. Therefore, there is no need to provide a structure for carrying the light source on one side of the back plate facing the light guide plate. That is, it is no need providing a structure for carrying the light source between the light guide plate and the back plate, which reduces a distance between the back plate and the light guide plate. With the above arrangements, a width of a frame of the backlight module is reduced, and a screen-to-body ratio of the liquid crystal display device is increased.

In a process of assembling the backlight module, the light source is mounted in the mounting groove, and the light emergent surface of the light source is arrange facing the light incident surface of the light guide plate, which simplify the process of manufacturing the backlight module and the liquid crystal display device.

In some embodiments, the light source includes chip-on-board (COB) packaged light emitting diodes (LEDs).

COB packaged LEDs are formed by attaching LED chips on a mirror metal board with a high reflective rate by adopting high luminous efficacy and integrated surface light source technologies. For example, a plurality of semiconductor chips are attached on a printed circuit board, an electrical connections between the plurality of semiconductor chips and the printed circuit board are implemented by a wire stitching method, and the wire are covered by resin to ensure reliability.

In some embodiments, COB packaged LEDs are arranged intensively. For example, the number of the LEDs is greater than or equal to 28 and smaller than or equal to 32. A LED light bar including intensively arranged the above LEDs emits a light approximate to a linear light, and leads light intensity of the light incident on the light incident surface of the light guide plate to distribute uniformly, which avoids a hot spot.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the light emergent surface105of the light source104is in contact with the light incident surface106of the light guide plate101.

In the above embodiments, the light emergent surface of the light source is in contact with the light incident surface of the light guide plate, which reduces a width of frames of the liquid crystal display device, increases a light utilization efficiency of the light guide plate, and reduces light consumption.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the light source104includes a support member107and a light emitting device108, where the support member107is located in the mounting groove103, and the light emitting device108and the support member107are stacked.

In some embodiments, a thickness of the support member107in a depth direction of the mounting groove103is greater than or equal to a depth of the mounting groove103(the mounting groove103has a depth equal to the thickness of the back plate103), such that a light emitting surface of the light emitting device108is entirely located outside the mounting groove103, for all light emitted from the light emergent surface of the light emitting device108to go into the light incident surface of the light guide plate.

In some embodiments, the support member107is a flexible printed circuit (FPC).

In some embodiments, the light emitting device108is attached on the surface of the support member107by an adhesive strip.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the backlight module100further includes a light shielding member110, where the light shielding member110is disposed at one side of the light emitting device108away from the support member107.

The light shielding member may shield the light emitted from the side of the light emitting device (that is, one side of the light emitting device away from the support member), thereby eliminating edge light leakage of the liquid crystal display device.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the light shielding member110includes a first light shielding member111, where the first light shielding member111is disposed at one side of the light emitting device108away from the support member107.

In some embodiments, the light shielding member110includes a first light shielding member111and a second light shielding member112, where the first light shielding member111is disposed at one side of the light emitting device108away from the support member107, and the second light shielding member112is disposed at one side of the first light shielding member111away from the light emitting device108. The second light shielding member112at least covers a side of the first light shielding member111away from the light emitting device108and an edge of the light guide plate102adjacent to the light source104.

In some embodiments, the first light shielding member111and the second light shielding member112are both light shielding tapes.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the backlight module100further includes a diffusion film113and a prism film114, where the diffusion film113is disposed at one side of the light guide plate102away from the back plate101, and the prism film114is disposed at one side of the diffusion film113away from the back plate101.

The above diffusion film increases the light diffusion. The prism film makes all the light beams emitted from the backlight module have a same direction.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the backlight module100further includes a flexible printed circuit board109, where the flexible printed circuit board109is electrically connected with the light emitting device108, and the flexible printed circuit board109is disposed at one side of the support member107away from the light emitting device108.

Such arrangements facilitate mounting the light source from one side of the back plate away from the light guide plate, thereby simplifying the structure and assembly of the backlight module.

In some embodiments, the back plate and the support member are made of stainless steel or aluminum alloy.

The back plate and the support member made of stainless steel or aluminum alloy increases structure strength of the backlight module and improves heat dissipation capability of the backlight module.

In some embodiments, as shown inFIG. 1, the backlight module100further includes a reflective film115disposed between the back plate101and the light guide plate102. The reflective film115has a reflective surface facing the light guide plate102.

With the reflective film, the light utilization efficiency of the light guide plate is increased.

In some embodiments, a frame width of the first end of the backlight module is equal to a sum of an edge width W1of the back plate below the mounting groove, a light source width W2, and a width W3of the second light shielding member exceeding the prism film114. Therefore, with the backlight module according to the above embodiments, the light source mounting structure of the backlight module is simplified, and the frame width of the first end of the backlight module is reduced.

FIG. 3is an optical effect schematic diagram of the backlight module according to some embodiments. The optical effects achieved by this backlight module may satisfy the design requirements of the backlight module. As shown inFIG. 3, different gray level represents different brightness. The larger the value of gray level, the bigger the value of brightness. The lower the value of gray level, the smaller the value of brightness. As is known from theFIG. 3, the brightness of the whole picture is uniform, which satisfies the design requirements of the backlight module.

Some embodiments further provide a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes any one of the backlight modules according to the above embodiments.

In the above embodiments, the back plate of the backlight module is provided with a mounting groove at a first end of the back plate, and the light emergent surface of the light source faces the light incident surface of the light guide plate. Therefore, there is no need to provide a structure for carrying the light source on one side of the back plate facing the light guide plate, which reduces the distance between the first end of the back plate and the light guide plate. The frame width of the first end of the backlight module in the liquid crystal display device according to the above embodiments is reduced, and the screen-to-body ratio of the liquid crystal display device is increased. With the mounting groove, in a process of assembling the backlight module, the light source is mounted in the mounting groove, and the light emergent surface of the light source faces the light incident surface of the light guide plate, which simplify the assembly of the backlight module and the liquid crystal display device.