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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2017
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; a light guide plate which guides light to the display panel, including: an upper surface including a first area overlapped with the display area and a second area which is disposed adjacent to the first area and overlapped with the non-display area, a lower surface facing the upper surface, a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other, and a plurality of protrusions arranged at the upper surface to be disposed in the second area of the upper surface; a light source which generates and provides the light the side surface of the light guide plate; and an optical sheet between the display panel and the upper surface of the light guide plate, contacting the protrusions in the second area, and spaced apart from the first area.