DISPLAY HAVING A SEPARATE LIGHT SOURCE

• Main Authors: LEE, JEE NA, LEE, SANG HWAN, SONG, MYOUNG HOON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 13.02.2014
• Subjects: DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

The present invention relates to a display device using a separate light source. The display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light guide plate having a polygonal horizontal cross section including a plurality of sides, and a plurality of corners where the multiple sides meet each other; a printed circuit board having at least one light source mounted thereon, wherein the light source is disposed in at least one of the plurality of corners of the light guide plate; a display panel disposed to overlap the light guide plate; and an auxiliary function module disposed to be adjacent to a side of the light guide plate extending from the corner where the light source is disposed, wherein the side of the light guide plate extending from the corner where the light source is disposed has a depressed portion which is lower than the corner where the light source is disposed, and the auxiliary function module is disposed in the depressed portion.