Virtual Mechanism for Displaying Viewing Angle Related Mura of a Backlight Unit in Simulation

  • Kang, Chih-Chieh (Dept. of Electrooptical Eng., Southern Taiwan University) ;
  • Lin, Jeng-Feng (Dept. of Electrooptical Eng., Southern Taiwan University) ;
  • Chen, Cho-Wei (Dept. of Electrooptical Eng., Southern Taiwan University) ;
  • Wu, Yu-Chang (Dept. of Electrooptical Eng., Southern Taiwan University)
  • Published : 2009.10.12

Abstract

We have devised a methodology based on the concept of foveal (or parafoveal) vision to investigate viewing angle related mura of a backlight unit (BLU). Three different cases of mura phenomenon in BLUs are studied with optical simulation software ASAP in this work. Simulation results, illuminance comparisons between emitting light from BLUs without and with "angle sorting" as well as experimental results are presented. They show good agreement between simulations and experimental observations that demonstrates the method's validation and robustness.

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