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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Yongkyu Kang, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Seulgi Kim, Seoul, KR;

Minyoung Song, Asan-si, KR;

Kangwoo Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/04 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/0043 (2013.01); G02B 6/0061 (2013.01); G02B 6/0068 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02F 1/133504 (2013.01); G02F 1/133536 (2013.01); G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133507 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133531 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel; a light source; and a light guide plate receiving light from the light source and providing the light to the display panel. The light guide plate includes an upper surface facing the display panel, a light incident surface facing the light source and a light opposing surface opposing the light incident surface. The upper surface includes a lens pattern and the lower surface incudes a prism pattern, the prism pattern includes a plurality of prisms arranged along a first direction from the light incident surface to the light opposing surface, each of the prisms has a length extending in a second direction along a length of the light incident surface, and among the prisms arranged along the first direction within the prism pattern, the lengths of the prisms increase as a distnace from the light incident surface increases.


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