Light-emitting diode cover lens design for large-scale liquid crystal device television backlight

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Jin Jia ^a   Cheng, Kai Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backlight; Cover lens; Genetic algorithm; Light emitting diode; Luminance uniformity

Indexed keywords

BACKLIGHT; BACKLIGHT MODULE; LED LIGHT SOURCE; LENS DESIGNS; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT RAYS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; LUMINANCE UNIFORMITY; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SIMULATION RESULT;

DIODES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LENSES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 77952826367     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3421791     Document Type: Article

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