LINEAR LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT GUIDE, AND OPTICAL SCANNING MODULE

A linear light source emits light beams for illuminating a target. The linear light source includes a light guide, and a light-emitting unit. The light guide has a bottom surface, first and second reflecting surfaces extending from opposite side edges of the bottom surface, and a light converging convex surface extending between the first and second reflecting surfaces, curved outward, and having multiple radii of curvature. The light-emitting unit emits light beams that exit through the light converging convex surface to converge at multiple points distributed at distinct positions in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the target, such that the target to be disposed within a range defined by the multiple points is evenly illuminated.