LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SUCH LIGHTING DEVICE

摘要

A first light emitting element (23) emits first illuminating light. A second light emitting element (24) is arranged in parallel to the first light emitting element (23), and emits second illuminating light (L2). An optical member (26) is composed of a light transmitting material provided with a first inclining plane (26a) for deflecting the first illuminating light so as to have a part of the first illuminating light overlap with a part of the second illuminating light, and a second inclining plane (26b) for deflecting the second illuminating light (L2). The first light emitting element (23) and the second light emitting element (24) are provided with light emitting diode chips (23c, 24c) and fluorescent bodies (23d, 24d) for performing wavelength conversion to the light emitted from the light emitting diode chips (23c, 24c), respectively.