Abstract:
A display panel and a display apparatus having the same are provided. The display panel includes a liquid crystal layer and comprises first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; a color filter polarizing layer which formed on one surface between the first and second substrates, and which includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors; and a polarizing layer which includes a second metal linear grid formed on an opposite surface to the surface between the first and second substrates, wherein a metal material contained in the first metal linear grid is different from a metal material contained in the second metal linear grid. The provided display panel and display apparatus including the same, have decreased manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process.
Abstract:
A light guide panel, a backlight unit and a display apparatus are provided. A display apparatus includes a light guide panel including a first surface having a first pattern that increases luminance of backlight emitted from a light emitting unit, and a second surface having a second pattern that increases uniformity of luminance of the backlight emitted from the light emitting unit.
Abstract:
A backlight unit, light guide panel, and liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus having the same are provided. The backlight unit includes a light guide panel which comprises a plurality of patterns to scatter light forward on a bottom surface, and one or more fixing grooves on an edge area; a light source unit which is disposed on a side surface of the light guide panel, and emits light towards the light guide panel; and a supporting member which supports the light guide panel, and comprises one ore more fixing protrusions being inserted into the fixing groove, wherein the amount of patterns formed on a darkness occurring area adjacent to the fixing groove is increased compared to that on an adjacent area, and the amount of patterns formed on a bright line occurring area adjacent to the fixing groove is decreased compared to that on an adjacent area.
Abstract:
A backlight unit of a display apparatus is provided. The backlight unit includes a display housing, a light source which is arranged along an inner circumference the display housing, a light guide plate through which light of the light source is transmitted, and which forms surface light, an optical sheet which is disposed on an upper side of the light guide plate to upwardly diffuse the light of the light source transmitted through the light guide plate, a plurality of first fixing units, each of which fix both the light guide plate and the optical sheet, a plurality of second fixing units which support only the light guide plate, and a support frame which is connected to the display housing to fix the optical sheet to the display housing provisionally, and has a window formed on a surface corresponding to the light guide plate to allow light to pass therethrough.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes a housing, a liquid crystal panel provided in the housing and comprises first and second transparent substrates spaced from each other at predetermined intervals, a sealing member to seal an internal space formed between the first and second transparent substrates, a liquid crystal to fill the internal space, first and second transparent electrodes formed in the first and second transparent substrates, respectively, and a polarizing plate to transmit light in a predetermined polarizing direction, a backlight unit disposed in the housing to emit surface light to the liquid crystal panel, and a polarizing filter disposed in the housing, and spaced from the liquid crystal panel at predetermined intervals to transmit predetermined polarized light and to block other polarized light of incident light.
Abstract:
A backlight system and an LCD employing the backlight system. The backlight system includes a plurality of light emitting devices arranged on a base plate to form a plurality of lines each including a plurality of light emitting devices, and a light guide panel having a sidewall spaced apart from the plurality of light emitting devices such that light incident from the plurality of light emitting devices is dispersed by inner reflection, and a scattering region formed adjacent to the base plate such that light incident into the scattering region is irregularly reflected to emit in a direction away from the base plate.
Abstract:
A display apparatus includes a display panel which is divided into a plurality of display areas; a plurality of light guide plates which transmit light to the display areas of the display panel; a plurality of light source modules alternately arranged with and interposed between the light guide plates, each light source module being disposed along a lateral side of an adjacent light guide plate and including a plurality of light sources for emitting light to the lateral side of the adjacent light guide plate, and a module substrate on which the light sources are mounted; and a plurality of reflective plates which reflect the light emitted by the light sources and transmitted by the light guide plates, wherein each of the reflective plates is interposed between a rear surface of a corresponding light guide plate and at least one module substrate.
Abstract:
A direct light type backlight unit and a color filterless liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus employing the same are provided. The direct light type backlight unit includes: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting devices inclined with respect to the substrate; a diffraction grating which diffracts light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting devices at different angles according to wavelength and thereby separates the light into a plurality of color beams; and a plurality of reflectors, each reflector disposed at a side of one of the plurality of light-emitting devices, which reduces the range of angles of light incident on the diffraction grating.
Abstract:
A color-filterless liquid crystal display (LCD) having a large screen. The color-filterless LCD further including a light guide plate uniformly emitting light, which is incident from both lateral sides, through a top surface thereof; first and second light sources disposed on both the lateral sides of the light guide plate; a color separation sheet that is disposed on the top surface of the light guide plate and is adapted to separate incident light into red, green, and blue light beams and emit them at different exit angles; a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer that is divided into a plurality of pixels; and an optical element sheet that is disposed on a bottom surface of the liquid crystal panel and includes a plurality of optical elements focusing the red, green, and blue light beams separated by the color separation sheet on three different pixels that are continuously arranged, where the first and second light sources are turned on alternately.
Abstract:
A color-filterless liquid crystal display (LCD) device that can be employed not only in small size LCD units but also in large size LCD units is provided. The color-filterless LCD device includes a backlight unit which emits light; a light path converter which refracts light emitted from the backlight unit at an oblique angle; a color separation sheet facing the light path converter which separates the obliquely incident light into red, green, and blue light and emits the light at different exit angles; a liquid crystal panel including a liquid layer divided into a plurality of pixels; and an optical device sheet disposed on a lower surface of the liquid crystal panel and having a plurality of optical devices which focus the red, green, and blue light separated by the color separation sheet onto different pixels.