Patent ID: 8434924

Claim:
A backlight for providing light to a computer-controlled display device, the backlight comprising: a plurality of first light sources; a plurality of second light sources; and a light guide panel (LGP) having at least one edge and a surface facing a display surface of the display device, the LGP being adapted for guiding light emitted by, and received from, the first and second light sources at one or more edges of the LGP to the surface of the LGP, wherein the first light sources include first light emitting diodes (LEDs) having a peak emission wavelength of between 500 nm and 570 nm, wherein the second light sources include second LEDs having a peak emission wavelength of less than 480 nm and phosphor material that absorbs a portion of light emitted from the second LEDs and converts the absorbed light into light emitted from the phosphor material having a peak emission wavelength greater than 610 nm.