Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems

The direct-lit LED backlight is a key component in large-area LCD displays. The existing methods which rely on point source assumption and irradiance feedback are less effective in compact designs in near field, and designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlights still remains a challenging...

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Main Authors: Zhanghao Ding, Yingli Liu, Yaoguang Ma, Zhenrong Zheng, Min Wang, Ping Zeng, Jun She, Rengmao Wu
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9385835/
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Yingli Liu
Yaoguang Ma
Zhenrong Zheng
Min Wang
Ping Zeng
Jun She
Rengmao Wu
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description The direct-lit LED backlight is a key component in large-area LCD displays. The existing methods which rely on point source assumption and irradiance feedback are less effective in compact designs in near field, and designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlights still remains a challenging issue. In this paper, we develop a direct method for designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlight systems. The étendue of LED light sources is considered in the numerical calculation of the lens profiles without cumbersome Monte Carlo ray tracing, which allows us to obtain compact LED lighting modules and achieve accurate control of the near-field irradiance distribution of the backlight system. Two examples are presented to demonstrate the elegance of this method in designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlights.
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spelling doaj-art-b59b57b23bc041b78d5888bf81fd1a6e2025-08-20T03:15:50ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552021-01-0113211010.1109/JPHOT.2021.30687469385835Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight SystemsZhanghao Ding0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-2485Yingli Liu1Yaoguang Ma2Zhenrong Zheng3Min Wang4Ping Zeng5Jun She6Rengmao Wu7State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaNanchang Opto-Electric R&D Institute Co., Ltd., Nanchang, ChinaCECEP Latticelighting Co., Ltd., Nanchang, ChinaYejia Optical Technology (Guangdong) Corporation, Dongguan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaThe direct-lit LED backlight is a key component in large-area LCD displays. The existing methods which rely on point source assumption and irradiance feedback are less effective in compact designs in near field, and designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlights still remains a challenging issue. In this paper, we develop a direct method for designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlight systems. The étendue of LED light sources is considered in the numerical calculation of the lens profiles without cumbersome Monte Carlo ray tracing, which allows us to obtain compact LED lighting modules and achieve accurate control of the near-field irradiance distribution of the backlight system. Two examples are presented to demonstrate the elegance of this method in designing thin and high-quality back-lit LED backlights.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9385835/Backlight systemIllumination designLED arrayNon-zero étendue
spellingShingle Zhanghao Ding
Yingli Liu
Yaoguang Ma
Zhenrong Zheng
Min Wang
Ping Zeng
Jun She
Rengmao Wu
Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems
IEEE Photonics Journal
Backlight system
Illumination design
LED array
Non-zero étendue
title Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems
title_full Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems
title_fullStr Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems
title_full_unstemmed Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems
title_short Direct Design of Thin and High-Quality Direct-Lit LED Backlight Systems
title_sort direct design of thin and high quality direct lit led backlight systems
topic Backlight system
Illumination design
LED array
Non-zero étendue
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9385835/
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