Lighting apparatus and liquid crystal display

摘要

A backlight for an LCD panel comprising light sources 12a, 12b for emitting light, a plurality of light reflection portions 20 formed on a reflection side for reflecting light incident from the light sources, and a linear photoconductor 14 for causing the light to exit from an exit side opposite the reflection side, the planes of the reflection portions being respectively tilted at angles which converge the light to a viewer's eye. Angles of the light reflection portions are set so that exit angles of light exiting from the linear photoconductor are required angles, whereby the backlight can have a uniform light intensity distribution, giving an LCD panel good display characteristics.