公开(公告)号：US20210047235A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US16969401

申请日：2018-02-15

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Mandakini Kanungo ,  Shenping Li ,  Xiang-Dong MI ,  Mark Alejandro Quesada ,  Wageesha Senaratne

IPC: C03C15/00 ,  C03C3/076 ,  C03C3/083 ,  C03C3/091 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: 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 microstructures, which can be separated by a non-zero spacing, the glass sheet further comprising a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and at least one of the first major surface and the second major surface comprising light extraction features formed therein. The glass article can be a light guide plate part of a backlight unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in an array along at least one edge surface of the glass sheet.