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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Donghwan Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young-Min Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyuk-Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seokhyun Nam, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A curved display device includes a display panel having a curved shape and including a display area having a curved surface and a backlight assembly providing a light to the display panel. The backlight assembly includes a plurality of light sources, a printed circuit board on which the light sources are mounted, and a light guiding plate. The light guiding plate has a curved shape and guides the light provided from the light sources to the display panel. The light sources are sequentially arranged along the curved direction of the light guiding plate, and a longitudinal direction of at least one of the light sources is different from a longitudinal direction of the other light sources.