Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Soon Jung Kim

Dae Young Kim

Gong Hee Lee

Provided is a display device having a thin thickness and capable of performing fine local dimming. The display device includes: a display panel; a bottom chassis positioned behind the display panel; a light source module rested on the bottom chassis and including a plurality of light sources and a plurality of printed circuit boards on which the plurality of light sources are arranged, each light source being a light emitting diode to which a reflective lens is applied; and a light guide plate rested on the bottom chassis, wherein, in the light guide plate, a plurality of accommodating holes accommodating the plurality of light sources are formed at locations corresponding to the plurality of light sources.

Display device including light guide plate with a plurality of accommodating spaces formed

An aspect of the present disclosure provides a backlight unit with improved wrinkled phenomenon of optical sheet due to external factors such as temperature or humidity, and a display apparatus including the same. The display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a backlight unit comprising an optical sheet; and an image forming unit configured to generate an image by transmitting or blocking light emitted from the backlight unit, and the optical sheet includes a plurality of sheets, and comprises a shape memory material in at least one of the plurality of sheets.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Soon Jung Kim