US 12,228,819 B2
Back light unit for backlit displays
Kenneth Lee Walker, Semora, NC (US); and Juhyun John Lee, Morrisville, NC (US)
Assigned to BrightView Technologies, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by BrightView Technologies, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/478,035.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/425,293, filed on Nov. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/418,826, filed on Oct. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/416,633, filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/413,030, filed on Oct. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111186 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/133607 (2021.01) [G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/13362 (2013.01)] 85 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A back light unit comprising:
a) a plurality of light emitting diodes positioned on a substrate; and
b) a plurality of flat lenses, a respective one of the plurality of flat lens being positioned a distance above a respective one of the plurality of light emitting diodes, each of the plurality of flat lenses comprising a plurality of annular segments having a common center, each of the plurality of annular segments comprising a prism shape microstructure having an exit facet having an angle with respect to a plane that is parallel to a plane of an emitting surface of respective ones of the plurality of light emitting diodes that is defined by the Fresnel equation and being configured to refract the light in a desired direction, and a facet oriented in the plane that is parallel to the plane of the emitting surface of respective ones of the plurality of light emitting diodes, and wherein a scaling factor of a height of each of the plurality of annular segments is in a range from 0.5 to 1.0, thereby providing a collimation of light exiting the plurality of flat lenses that exhibits a ratio of a difference in an angle where an intensity of exiting light at 10% of a maximum value and an angle where the intensity of exiting light is at 80% of the maximum value divided by an angle where the intensity of exiting light is at 50% of the maximum value that is greater than 0.7.