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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Jun-youn Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Taek Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kyoung-kook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/15 (2006.01); H01L 29/26 (2006.01); H01L 31/12 (2006.01); H01L 33/00 (2010.01); H01L 29/22 (2006.01); H01L 29/227 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 31/0328 (2006.01); H01L 31/0336 (2006.01); H01L 31/075 (2006.01); H01L 31/109 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Example embodiments provide a light emitting diode (LED) having improved polarization characteristics. The LED may include wire grid polarizers on and below a light emitting unit. The wire grid polarizers may be arranged at an angle to each other. Thus, because the LED may emit a light beam in a given polarization direction, an expensive component, e.g., a dual brightness enhanced film (DBEF), is not required. Thus, manufacturing costs of a backlight unit including the LED and a display apparatus including the backlight unit may be reduced.