ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,753, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Ksmeyama City, Japan).
"Backlight device and display apparatus" was invented by Satsuki Hagihara (Kameyama City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight device includes light-emitting elements, supported by a substrate, that emit excitation light, a first phosphor layer containing a phosphor that produces fluorescence upon receiving the excitation light, and a partitioning member forming spaces each of which accommodates any one or more of the light-emitting elements between the substrate and the first phosphor layer. The partitioning member includes wal...