A stepped light guide has an incident surface, an emitting surface and a
stepped reflecting structure. The emitting surface is adjacent to the
incident surface. The stepped reflecting structure is adjacent to the
incident surface, faces the emitting surface and has a proximal end, a
distal end, multiple planar surfaces and multiple inclined surfaces. The
proximal end is adjacent to the incident surface. The distal end is
opposite to the proximal end. The planar surfaces are parallel to and
separated from the emitting surface by a depth, the depth being gradually
reduced from the proximal end to the distal end. The inclined surfaces
are formed between every two adjacent planar surfaces. The light guide
effectively changes a linear or point light source into a surface light
source having uniform illumination.