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Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Byung-yun Joo, Seoul, KR;

Jin-sung Choi, Yongin-si, KR;

Sang-hoon Lee, Cheonan-si, KR;

Min-young Song, Seoul, KR;

Dong-kwan Kim, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Byung-Yun Joo, Seoul, KR;

Jin-Sung Choi, Yongin-si, KR;

Sang-Hoon Lee, Cheonan-si, KR;

Min-Young Song, Seoul, KR;

Dong-Kwan Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01); H01J 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit for an embodiment. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and the backlight unit supplies light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light source, which generates the light, and an optical sheet. The optical sheet includes a plurality of prism patterns formed on a surface of the optical sheet facing the display panel. The prism patterns include a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys to change the path of the light, and a plurality of diffusion patterns arranged at the peaks and valleys.


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