Patent ID: 6951401

Claim:
An illumination system for illuminating a display device, which illumination system is provided with a light source ( 6 ) and a light-emitting panel ( 1 ), wherein the light source ( 6 ) comprises at least one light-emitting diode, the light-emitting panel ( 1 ) comprises a front wall ( 2 ), a rear wall ( 3 ) situated opposite said front wall, and at least one light-transmitting edge area ( 4 ), and the light-transmitting edge area ( 4 ) is situated between the front wall ( 2 ) and the rear wall ( 3 ) of the light-emitting panel ( 1 ), characterized in that the illumination system comprises a light-mixing panel ( 5 ) for mixing light originating from the light source ( 6 ), the light-mixing panel ( 5 ) being provided with a light input edge area ( 7 ) for coupling light originating from the light source ( 6 ) into the light-mixing panel ( 5 ), and with a light output edge area ( 8 ) for coupling light out of the light-mixing panel ( 5 ), in operation, light originating from the light source ( 6 ) being incident on the light input edge area ( 7 ) of the light-mixing panel ( 5 ) and spreading in the light-mixing panel ( 5 ), a light-transport chamber ( 9 ) for transporting light from the light-mixing panel ( 5 ) to the light-emitting panel ( 1 ) being situated between the light-mixing panel ( 5 ) and the light-emitting panel ( 1 ), and the light-mixing panel ( 5 ) and the light-emitting panel ( 1 ) being arranged so as to extend substantially parallel to each other.