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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Ji-whan Noh, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-ha Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Joon-chan Park, Anyang-si, KR;
Kye-hoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-whan Noh, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-ha Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Joon-chan Park, Anyang-si, KR;
Kye-hoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A side light-emitting device, a backlight unit using the side light-emitting device as a light source, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus employing the backlight unit. The side light-emitting device includes a light-emitting device to generate light and a side emitter disposed adjacent to the light-emitting device to emit the light incident from the light-emitting device in a lateral direction. The side emitter includes a reflecting surface to reflect incident light, and a reflecting/refracting surface to totally internally reflect light incident directly from the light-emitting device to the reflecting surface and to refract the light incident from the reflecting surface so that the refracted light propagates in the lateral direction. Since the side light-emitting device emits most the light in the lateral direction, using the side light-emitting device as a light source in a backlight unit allows light to be mixed evenly.