Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same

• Main Authors: Mukhtarov, Farid, Kim, Dae Sik, Nishida, Yasuhiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.08.2022
• 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 LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

The disclosure relates a direct type backlight unit, and provides a backlight unit capable of reducing the thickness by maintaining necessary and sufficient optical characteristics and reducing the optical distance (OD), and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the same. Provided is a backlight unit including: light source; a diffusion plate provided to diffuse light emitted from the light source; and an optical sheet disposed between the light source and the diffusion plate and having a plurality of protrusions having a pyramidal shape and the plurality of protrusions protrude toward the light source so that light emitted from the light source is incident onto the plurality of protrusions.