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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Wook Jeon, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-won Shin, Busan, KR;
Jun Ho Bae, Chilgok-Gun, KR;
LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A LCD device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a LCD panel including liquid crystal, and a backlight unit including a light emitting diode (LED) array including a plurality of LEDs, the plurality of LEDs having a peripheral LED disposed at a peripheral end of the LED array, and a light guide plate disposed below the LCD panel, each LED having a light emission surface to emit light to a light incidence surface of the light guide plate. The emission surface of the peripheral LED completely covers a peripheral end of the light incidence surface, the peripheral end of the light incidence surface being an area adjacent to a lateral surface of the light guide plate.