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Display apparatus

US9829180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2013
Grant dateNov 28, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133607
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting unit including a light emitting element mounted on the substrate and a lens placed above the light-emitting element; a reflective layer placed on the upper surface of the substrate; an optical sheet placed above the reflective layer and placed at a height at which the optical sheet is spaced from the light-emitting unit; and a display panel placed on the upper surface of the optical sheet, wherein the lens has a cutout portion formed therein by depressing a part of the side surface thereof toward the center thereof, thereby providing an anisotropic light distribution.

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