GLASS ARTICLES WITH ELONGATE MICROSTRUCTURES AND LIGHT EXTRACTION FEATURES

• Main Authors: SENARATNE, Wageesha, KANUNGO, Mandakini, LI, Shenping, QUESADA, Mark Alejandro, MI, Xiang-Dong
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.12.2020
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; GLASS; HEATING; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; WEAPONS

Glass articles and glass light guide plates are disclosed that can be used in a backlight unit suitable for use as an illuminator for liquid crystal display devices. The glass article comprises a glass sheet including a first major surface comprising a plurality of channels or elongate microstructur...