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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Juhwa Ha, Asan-si, KR;
Taeyong Ryu, Gimcheon-si, KR;
Jaesuk Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Sangwon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sijoon Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Sangho Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A curved display device includes a backlight unit which generates light and a display panel which receives the generated light from the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate and is curved. The display panel is disposed on the curved backlight unit and is curved. The curved light guide plate defines a light incident surface thereof and an opposite surface. The light incident surface receives the light generated by the curved backlight unit. The opposite surface faces the light incident surface. A thickness of the curved light guide plate decreases from the light incident surface to the opposite surface.