Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jin-Sung Choi

Byung-Yun Joo

Sang-Hoon Lee

Min-Young Song

Ju-Hwa Ha

Jung-wook Paek

Dong-Hoon Kim

Jin-Soo Kim

Dong-Kwan Kim

Tae-Seok Jang

Jheen-Hyeok Park

Seung-Mo Kim

Seung-Hwan Chung

Jong-Dae Park

Jeong-Hwan Lee

Seong-Sik Choi

Seong-Yong Hwang

Joong-Hyun Kim

Kang-Woo Lee

Joo-Woan Cho

Hyeon-Yong Jang

Du-Hwan Chung

Si-joon Song

Eun-jeong Kang

Seung-Ha Shin

Sang-Soo Kim

Sang-Won Lee

In-Sun Hwang

Hyoung-Joo Kim

Sung-Kyu Shim

Jin Wook Seo

Taek-Sun Shin

Heu-Gon Kim

Min-young Song

Jin-Mi Jung

Yong-Kyu Kang

Jin-Taek Hwang

Se-Ki Park

Seung-Hwa Ha

Byung-Seo Yoon

Jae-hwan Chun

Jae-Joong Kwon

Kyoung-Don Lee

Dong-Lyoul Shin

Tae-Seok Kim

Tae-Ho Lee

Seung-In Baek

Hyun-Hwa Song

Dae-Young Joung

Sang-Woo Ha

Chul-Hyun Choi

Woo-Jun Kim

Ki-Se Lee

Byung- Yun Joo

Jung-Wook Paek

A light guide plate for a backlight. The light guide plate includes: a light source unit for generating light; a light guide plate proximate to the light source unit and including an upper surface and a lower surface; and a light emission pattern configured to diffuse a portion of the light directed toward an image display panel, and a first straight pattern configured to channel the light along a direction substantially parallel to a direction of propagation of the light generated by the light source unit, both the light emission pattern and the first straight pattern being disposed on one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the light guide plate, in which the first straight pattern has peaks and valleys formed in alternating and repeating manner in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of propagation of the light generated by the light source unit.

Light guide plate for backlight and manufacturing method therefor

A light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface and a light guide surface. The light incident surface receives light from an external light source. The light emitting surface emits outward the light received through the light incident surface. The light guide surface faces the light emitting surface and includes a diffusion pattern formed thereon. The diffusion pattern includes a plurality of porous particles and a plurality of spheroidal particles, and the porous particles have pores formed therein and on surfaces thereof.

Light guide plate and light-emitting assembly having the same

An optical sheet includes a base film, a prism pattern formed in a first area of the base film, and a diffusion member formed in a second area of the base film. The prism pattern has a plurality of parallel prisms on a light-exiting surface. The diffusion member includes a plurality of scatter members in the base film to scatter light, or a plurality of irregularly arranged lenses on one or more of the light-incident surface and the light-exiting surface.

Optical sheet and backlight assembly having the same

A display module includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, an upper prism layer including a plurality of parallel upper prisms at a lower surface thereof, wherein the plurality of the upper prisms are parallel to one another, a lower prism layer including a plurality of lower prisms at a lower surface thereof, wherein the plurality of the lower prisms are parallel to one another and extend in a substantially perpendicular direction to the upper prisms, and an adhesive part which is at a side of the upper prism layer and is adhered to the lower prism layer and the non-display area of the display panel, wherein the adhesive part fixes the upper prism layer and the lower prism layer to each other.

Display module and apparatus having the same

In a light guide plate and a backlight unit, a light guide plate includes a light incident surface, an opposite surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of optical path changing units. The optical path changing units are aligned on at least the bottom surface of the top surface and the bottom surface at a predetermined interval while protruding in parallel to a reference line perpendicular to the light incident surface. Accordingly, power consumption used to generate the light may be reduced.

Light guide plate and backlight unit having same

An optical member includes; an incident surface on which light is incident, an exit surface which is disposed substantially opposite the incident surface and from which the light exits, a prism pattern disposed on the exit surface, and a diffusion pattern which is aligned with the prism pattern and is disposed in a total internal reflection region in which the light incident on the incident surface is totally internally reflected by the prism pattern and output through the incident surface.

Optical member and display device having the same

A liquid crystal display including a backlight assembly, panel guides and a liquid crystal panel. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, optical sheets disposed on the light guide plate, a reflective sheet disposed under the light guide plate, light sources disposed along at least one of first sides of the light guide plate, light source covers which cover the light sources, respectively, guide members disposed along at least one of second sides of the light guide plate, and a packing sheet in which the light guide plate, the optical sheets, the reflective sheet, the light source covers, and the guide members are wrapped. The panel guides are disposed on the packing sheet and coupled to the guide members, respectively. The liquid crystal panel is placed on the panel guides. An extension direction of the first sides crosses an extension direction of the second sides.

Liquid crystal display and method of assembling the same

An optical plate includes a planar base and a plurality of rounded prisms formed on the planar base. The rounded prisms improve a uniformity of the light passing through the planar base and then irradiate the light having the improved uniformity. A concave peak formed in each of the plurality of rounded prisms of the optical plate scatters the light provided into a rear face of the optical plate so that dark lines and bright lines are not generated on the optical plate. As a result, the optical plate has improved light efficiency.

Optical plate, backlight assembly and display device having the optical plate

A backlight assembly includes an optical member that diffuses light generated from lamps. The optical member includes first and second diffusion members that are designed to have light transmittance that complementarily vary according to areas. Thus, an optical member capable of supplying light having uniform brightness onto the whole display area of the LCD is easily designed.

Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same

A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit for an embodiment. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and the backlight unit supplies light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light source, which generates the light, and an optical sheet. The optical sheet includes a plurality of prism patterns formed on a surface of the optical sheet facing the display panel. The prism patterns include a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys to change the path of the light, and a plurality of diffusion patterns arranged at the peaks and valleys.

Display apparatus and method of manufacturing optical sheet for the same

A method of manufacturing an optical plate, includes forming a protrusion on a base film by jetting ink containing a liquid resin on the base film, contacting a light guiding plate to the protrusion, and curing the protrusion which contacts with the light guiding plate.

Optical plate, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display device having the same

Disclosed herein are a light guide plate and a backlight assembly using the same, which may improve the uniformity of light using prism patterns having a trapezoidal shape. The light guide plate includes a body, a plurality of first projections, and a plurality of second projections. The body includes an incident surface to which light is incident and an emitting surface from which the incident light is emitted. The plurality of first projections is disposed on the emitting surface of the body and has a trapezoidal shape in a section perpendicular to the incident surface. The plurality of second projections is disposed on the emitting surface of the body and has a shape symmetrical to a shape of the first projections.

Light guide plate and backlight assembly using the same

An optical sheet () includes a base layer () and a light condensing pattern () formed on the base layer integrally with the base layer and including one or more peaks and one or more valleys. Each of the base layer and the light condensing pattern includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The dispersed phase is stretched in a main stretching direction.

Optical sheet and method of manufacturing the same

An optical sheet includes a base layer, a light-condensing layer and a plurality of light-reflecting portions. The light-condensing layer includes a plurality of light-condensing portions formed on a second surface of the base layer along a first direction extending from a first side surface to a second side surface perpendicular to the first side surface. The light-condensing portions extended in a second direction crossing the first direction at an angle with respect to the side surface. The light-reflecting portions are formed in the first surface along the second direction and corresponding to a plurality of recesses where the light-condensing portions meet each other. The center of the light-reflecting portion is off set from the recesses along the first direction.

Optical sheet having offset condensing and reflecting elements and display device having the same

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Cheonan-si, South Korea

Jin-Sung Choi