Backlight unit and display device using the same

• Main Author: PARK DONG WOOK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.07.2013
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; 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; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

Disclosed are a backlight unit and a display device using the same. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate, a light emitting module provided on at least one lateral surface of the light guide plate to supply light to the light guide plate, and a bottom cover to contain the light guide plate and the light emitting module. The light emitting module includes a substrate including a plurality of through holes and a plurality of light emitting devices which are inserted into the through holes and spaced apart from the light guide plate at a first distance.