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Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same

US7488104B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2006
Grant dateFeb 10, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133628
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A backlight unit has a light source, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, an air space, and a diffuser, wherein the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, the air space, and the diffuser are overlaid in this order. The light source is configured to arrange individual light sources having different spectra or different light emission quantities near an incident plane of the light guide plate, and on a plane facing the reflection sheet of the light guide plate, scatter dots are disposed which take light propagating through the light guide plate out of the reflection sheet side. The backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the same have excellent display quality.

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